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173February 1952
$0.10

Adventure Comics #173

DC · February 1952 · on sale 1951-12-10

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#173
Publication date
February 1952
Key date
1952-02-00
On-sale date
1951-12-10
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy's School of Hard Knocks!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
1Buzzy Says: "Be Yourself-- Your Best Self!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Superboy's School of Hard Knocks!comic story11.67script: Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
7The First Underwater Gold Mine!comic story5.67script: George Kashdan; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
11A Super-Spending Spree!comic story5.67script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul Norris
12-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
13-cartoon0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
15-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
16He Chose Dangertext article2script: Fred Minton
17The City Marked for Plunder!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

Plus 5.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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