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199April 1954
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Adventure Comics #199

DC · April 1954 · on sale 1954-02-22

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#199
Publication date
April 1954
Key date
1954-04-00
On-sale date
1954-02-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy Meets Superlad!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack AdlerSuperboy [Kal-el; Clark Kent]
2Superboy Meets Superlad!comic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Professor Bailey; Superlad (a robot); Queen Vya; Duke Duvvil
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quizpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Fire-Fighter of the Seven Seas!comic story5.67pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman [Arthur Curry]
8Mutt & Jeffpromo (ad from the publisher)1
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10The Pirate Puzzle!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Cyrus Crane
11Ears of the Fleettext article2script: Howard Dewey; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12The Frozen Archer!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Dr. Bainbridge; Chief Running Cloud; Mighty Otter

Plus 6.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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