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204September 1954
$0.10

Adventure Comics #204

DC · September 1954 · on sale 1954-07-26

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#204
Publication date
September 1954
Key date
1954-09-00
On-sale date
1954-07-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Super-Brat of Smallville!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy
1Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
2The Super Brat of Smallville!comic story12script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaBradley Ashton; Lana Lang; Superboy
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Lagoon of Doom!comic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
7Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsenpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Gaspar Saladino
8-activity1script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel, Al Plastino; inks: Martin Naydel, Al Plastino; letters: Martin Naydel
9Johnny Quick, King of Comedy!comic story6pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph Mayo
10They Defy Deathtext article2script: Joe Marlowe; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry; colors: Raymond Perry
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Amazing Arrowthon!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappArnie (The Camel) Palmer
13Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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