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188May 1953
$0.10

Adventure Comics #188

DC · May 1953 · on sale 1953-03-23

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#188
Publication date
May 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Bull Fighter from Smallville!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
1Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Bullfighter from Smallvillecomic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela
3-cartoon0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7Calling Dr. Aquaman!comic story5.67pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Man Who Outsped Johnny Quickcomic story6pencils: Ralph Mayo; inks: Sy Barry
13From Paths to Paved Highwaystext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
14The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
15The Green Arrow Hotelcomic story8pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

Plus 4.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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