Adventure Comics #272 (1960) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Krypto, the Super-Star of Hollywood!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto
2	The Super Star of Hollywood!	comic story	13	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Boris Xavier (Movie Producer); Tyrone Clover (Movie Star); Brenda Glamour (Movie Star)
3	-	comic story	0.67
4	Coming... Super-Attractions!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
6	The Strong Boy of the Jungle!	comic story	6	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman	Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy
7	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
9	The Human Flying Fish!	comic story	7	script: Robert Bernstein; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon; letters: Joe Letterese	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; The Human Flying Fish [Bragg] (Villain); Aqualad [Garth]; Dr. Krill

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Superman Family #164	1974	On eBay ›
Super DC Giant #S-26	1971	On eBay ›
The Aquaman Archives #1 ISBN 1-56389-943-4	2003	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1223-0; 1-4012-1223-9	2007	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3	2025	On eBay ›

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