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203August 1954
$0.10

Adventure Comics #203

DC · August 1954 · on sale 1954-06-23

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#203
Publication date
August 1954
Key date
1954-08-00
On-sale date
1954-06-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Uncle Superboy!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy [Clark Kent]
2Uncle Superboy!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela
4Peter Porkchops Gives Tips on Summer Fun!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman; letters: Ira Schnapp
5The Shark with the Human Brain!comic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; letters: Joe Letterese"Shark" Wilson
6Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
8Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10The Candid Camera Crime!comic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts
11The Man Who Loved Dangertext story2script: Jack Miller; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; letters: Gaspar Saladino
13The Puzzle of the Five Queens!comic story8script: Bill Finger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappQueen Mansion (first?)

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Super DC Giant #S-261971On eBay ›
DC Finest: Superboy: The Superdog from Krypton #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-136-7
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