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179August 1952
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Adventure Comics #179

DC · August 1952 · on sale 1952-06-23

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#179
Publication date
August 1952
Key date
1952-08-00
On-sale date
1952-06-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The World's Whackiest Inventors!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy [Clark Kent]; Mr. Dornley
1Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check-- And Doublecheck!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The World's Whackiest Inventionscomic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiSuperboy [Clark Kent]; Caspar Otis; Barton Blount; Sam Willenson; Mr. Dornley; Mr. Quibby
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Raft of Doom!comic story5.67pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman [Arthur Curry]
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
11Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
12The Modern Paul Bunyan!comic story6pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Sy BarryJohnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Paul Bunyan (statue)
13-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14Ageless Weapons of Wartext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
15Green Arrow's New Partner!comic story7.67pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Todd Garnett
16The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewispromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
17Explosive Action!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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