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162March 1951
$0.10

Adventure Comics #162

DC · March 1951 · on sale 1951-01-15

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#162
Publication date
March 1951
Key date
1951-03-00
On-sale date
1951-01-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Super-Coach of Smallville High!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy [Clark Kent]
1Tops in Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2The Supercoach of Smallville High!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy [Clark Kent]
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6The Slow and Easy Club!comic story8script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick
7-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9Under the Sea for Life!comic story7script: George Kashdan; pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyAquaman
10-cartoon0.75script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
12Tragedy in the Sierras 1846comic story1
13So Far, So Goodtext article2script: Vivian D. Corbly
14Buzzy Scores One for the Handicapped!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
15-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16The Third Archercomic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]
17The Magazine You Wanted!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.08 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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