Adventure Comics #185 (1953) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mythical Monsters!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer	Superboy
2	The Mythical Monsters	comic story	12	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti	Superboy; Lewis Lang; Lana Lang
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	Tops in Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
6	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
7	The Five Lives of the Sea King	comic story	5.67	pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
9	-	comic story	0.5	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11	Superboy Talks About... "The Holiday Spirit!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy
12	The Santa Claus Who Hated Christmas	comic story	5.67	pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul Norris
14	New Islands	text article	2	pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
16	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
17	The Micro-Film Crimes!	comic story	8	script: Bill Finger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
18	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 5.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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