Adventure Comics #144 (1949) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed Dobrotka; colors: Jack Adler; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy [Clark Kent]
2	The Way to Stop Superboy!	comic story	10	script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed Dobrotka	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Silver Smith
5	King of Counterfeits!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy West]; The Phoney Crook (villain, only appearance); Dailey
7	Sir Butch Goes into Business!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira	Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley; Merlin the Magician
8	Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
9	A Martian Adventure!	comic story	6	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Daly; inks: John Daly	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Thungar of the Valley
11	Pow Wow Smith; Detective Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
13	Miracle in Cleveland	text article	2	letters: typeset
14	The Day That Was Five Years Long!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Dan Barry; inks: Dan Barry	Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Joe Everett (ex-con)
15	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Shorty
17	Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Otto Feuer; inks: Otto Feuer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Peter Porkchops; Wolfie

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Blackhawk #116	1957	On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #284	1961	On eBay ›
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0-930289-57-9	1990	On eBay ›

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