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168September 1951
$0.10

Adventure Comics #168

DC · September 1951 · on sale 1951-07-18

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#168
Publication date
September 1951
Key date
1951-09-00
On-sale date
1951-07-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Boy Who Outsmarted Superboy!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy; Lana Lang; Ronald Lang
2The Boy Who Outsmarted Superboycomic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy; Lana Lang; Ronald Lang (Lana's kid brother)
4Junior's Rocking Horseactivity0.75script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel
6Aquaman: One-Man Crew!comic story6script: George Kashdan; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman; Captain Matt Cleary; Jules Rogers (villain)
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10Tubby, King of Comedy!comic story8script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Ralph MayoJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts
11-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug; Gloria
14Fixing the World's Most Important Housetext article2script: F. Banks
15-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeg; Helen
16Buzzy Says: "Old Folks Are People Too!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
17The Arrow That Crossed a Continent!comic story10pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Speedy; Mr. Hilton; Robin Hood Arrow Company (villains)
18Favorites in Fantasy!promo (ad from the publisher)1
19-cartoon0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo

Plus 6.41 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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