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228September 1956
$0.10

Adventure Comics #228

DC · September 1956 · on sale 1956-07-29

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#228
Publication date
September 1956
Key date
1956-09-00
On-sale date
1956-07-29
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Clark Kent's Bodyguard!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Clark Kent's Bodyguardcomic story10script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMa Kent; Pa Kent
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Floating Hall of Famecomic story6script: Bob Haney; pencils: Ramona Fradon; inks: Ramona Fradon
7The Big Dancepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff
8Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
9This Business of Boxingtext article1letters: typeset
10The Ozark Archercomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp

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

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