Adventure Comics #139 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Al Wenzel; inks: Al Wenzel; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy [Clark Kent]
1	Now More Than Ever	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
2	Telegraph Boy	comic story	10	pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed Dobrotka	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Joey King (crook); Mr. Baxter [Mr. X] (crook); Eddie (telegraph boy)
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
5	Reign of the Reptiles!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Basil Harkness; Smash Dixon; Bullhead Beale
7	The Man Who Owned the Sea!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Simon Drago
8	-	comic story	1	script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
10	Knight Without Armor!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder	Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley; The Armorless Knight; King Arthur; Queen Guinevere; Merlin the Magician
11	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
13	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14	Why Little Things Seem Big	text article	2	letters: typeset
15	The Film of the Future?	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles Sultan	Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Albert Madison

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Wonder Woman #72	1955	On eBay ›
The Adventures of Bob Hope #49	1958	On eBay ›

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