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200May 1954
$0.10

Adventure Comics #200

DC · May 1954 · on sale 1954-03-22

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#200
Publication date
May 1954
Key date
1954-05-00
On-sale date
1954-03-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy and the Apes!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; colors: Jack AdlerSuperboy [Kal-el; Clark Kent]
1Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob Oksner; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Superboy and the Apes!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy [Kal-el; Clark Kent]; Guy Rhett; Lana Lang; Mr. Lang
4-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Aquaman, Microbe Hunter!comic story5.67pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman [Arthur Curry]; John Welky
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8The Human Bird!comic story6pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts
9-cartoon0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
11Death-Defying Diving Belltext story2script: Jim Meadows; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
13The World's Worst Archer!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Doc Dugan (crook)
14Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
15The Line of Stars Presentspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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