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223April 1956
$0.10

Adventure Comics #223

DC · April 1956 · on sale 1956-02-26

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#223
Publication date
April 1956
Key date
1956-04-00
On-sale date
1956-02-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Hercules Junior!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Hercules, Juniorcomic story12pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayePa Kent
3The One and Only Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerAllergy
5The Sunken City of Goldcomic story6script: Jack Miller; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
6-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7The ABC's of Archerytext article2script: Jack Marston
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The Decoy Archercomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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