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190July 1953
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Adventure Comics #190

DC · July 1953 · on sale 1953-05-25

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#190
Publication date
July 1953
Key date
1953-07-00
On-sale date
1953-05-25
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sy BarrySuperboy
1Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Terrible Truant!comic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiSuperboy; Hiram Scrabble; Jero [also as Jerome Smith] (from Xanadu); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
5The Hunter of the Seven Seas!comic story5.5pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona FradonAquaman; Joseph Lundgren
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10Stand-in for 100 Convicts!comic story6script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Hy Mankin; inks: Hy MankinJohnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Warden Wallace; Mauler Murphy (villain); Chief Griggs
11You'll See Starstext article2pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13Around the World in Eighty Arrowscomic story7.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappGreen Arrow; Speedy
16The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 7.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #61971On eBay ›
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular No. 6 Replica Edition #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0216-0		2004On eBay ›

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