Adventure Comics #242 (1957) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Kid from Krypton!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
2	The Kid from Krypton	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Zar-Al (another Krypton refugee)
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Al Plastino, Bob Brown; inks: Al Plastino, Bob Brown
5	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6	-	cartoon	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
7	The Amazing Feats of Aqua-Melvin	comic story	6	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon	Aquaman; Topo
8	The First Football Game	text article	1	letters: typeset
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	Magic Ballroom	activity	1
11	The Return of Robin Hood	comic story	6	pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
12	Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp

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

Collection	Year
Superboy #129	1966	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3	2025	On eBay ›

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