Adventure Comics #247 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Legion of Super-Heroes!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]
1	The Secret of the Happy Pig!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Legion of Super-Heroes	comic story	12	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; editing: Mort Weisinger	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl] (intro); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
3	Meet the Challengers of the Unknown	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	Read 'Em and Laugh!	text article	1	letters: typeset
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Little Pete; Mister Roberts
7	The 13 Superstition Arrows	comic story	6	script: Ed Herron; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; C. M. Hawkins
8	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
9	Aquaman's Super Sea-Squad	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon	Aquaman; Topo

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Superman Annual #6	1962	On eBay ›
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #1	1980	On eBay ›
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-020-8	1992	On eBay ›
Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 #[nn]	2000	On eBay ›
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 #[nn]	1992	On eBay ›
World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler #[nn]	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1382-4; 1-4012-1382-0	2007	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #491	1982	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1791-4	2008	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #0	2009	On eBay ›

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