Adventure Comics (1938 series) (DC) #245

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Number	245	245
Volume
No Volume	No	Yes
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		National Comics Publications, Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		Superman DC National Comics
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	February 1958	February 1958
Key Date	1958-02-10	1958-02-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency		monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.10 USD	0.10 USD
Page Count	36	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 31.17)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes	Yes
Notes
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Sequence 0

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Sequence Number	0	0
Title		The Mystery of Monster X!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Superboy	Superboy
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	Curt Swan	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Stan Kaye	Stan Kaye
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes
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Sequence 1

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Mystery of Monster X	The Mystery of Monster X
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Superboy	Superboy
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Otto Binder	Otto Binder
No Script
Pencils	Al Plastino	Al Plastino
No Pencils
Inks	Al Plastino	Al Plastino
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	12	12
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Lana Lang, Prof Lang	Lana Lang, Prof Lang
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [two pages cut]	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [two pages cut]
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Sequence 2

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Sequence Number	2	2
Title		You've Got a Comet by the Tail!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	promo (ad from the publisher)	promo (ad from the publisher)
Feature		DC Comics
Genre		science fiction
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	Gil Kane
No Pencils
Inks	?	Bernard Sachs
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Ad for Mystery in Space (March) and Strange Adventures (February).	Ad for Mystery in Space (March) and Strange Adventures (February).
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Sequence 3

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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	Indian Chief	Indian Chief
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	activity	activity
Feature	Word Roundup	Word Roundup
Genre	puzzle page	puzzle page
Job Number
Script	?	Martin Naydel
No Script
Pencils	?	Martin Naydel
No Pencils
Inks	?	Martin Naydel
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	Martin Naydel
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	0.67	0.67
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes		from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #69 (February-March 1952)
Notes	Statement of Ownership at bottom of this page	Statement of Ownership at bottom of this page
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Sequence 4

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4. The Flushing Remonstrance (no feature) public service announcement, 1p

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5. The Big Surprise Arrows (Green Arrow) comic story, 6p

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6. Things to Do on a Rainy Day (no feature) text article, 1p

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Sequence 7

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	7	7
Title	Vote for Bill Farrell	"A neat job, I must say!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	filler	filler
Feature	Varsity Vic	Varsity Vic
Genre	gag	gag
Job Number
Script	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff
No Script
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff
No Pencils
Inks	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	2	2
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes		from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #23 (December 1952-January 1953)
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Sequence 8

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	8	8
Title	The Sorcerer of the Sea	The Sorcerer of the Sea
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Aquaman	Aquaman
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	George Kashdan	George Kashdan
No Script
Pencils	Ramona Fradon	Ramona Fradon
No Pencils
Inks	Ramona Fradon	Ramona Fradon
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Aquaman; Jason Deeter	Aquaman; Jason Deeter
Synopsis	When sorcerer Jason Deeter appears to be able to control Aquaman, maritime hijackers try to use Deeter to force Aquaman to help them commit crimes. But Aquaman puts down the thugs and reveals that Deeter is not a sorcerer at all and that he and Deeter came up with this ruse to smoke them out.	When sorcerer Jason Deeter appears to be able to control Aquaman, maritime hijackers try to use Deeter to force Aquaman to help them commit crimes. But Aquaman puts down the thugs and reveals that Deeter is not a sorcerer at all and that he and Deeter came up with this ruse to smoke them out.
Reprint Notes	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #230 (June 1975) in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #230 (June 1975) in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn	writer id by Martin O'Hearn
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Sequence 9

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	9	9
Title	"Look at the Big Lion!"	"Look at the Big Lion!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	filler	filler
Feature	Ollie	Ollie
Genre	humor	humor
Job Number		5549
Script	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?:	?:
No Colors
Letters	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	0.5
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes
Keywords
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Gene Reed	Editing	2011-09-12 12:18:01	Available	Editing
Gene Reed		2011-09-12 15:33:15	Editing	Pending Review
Merlin Haas		2011-09-13 02:06:50	Pending Review	Under Review
Merlin Haas	Hi Gene, A couple of typos in reprint field: Seq 3: "from BAtman" should be "from Batman" Seq. 7: "from SUperboy" should be "from Superboy" -- Merlin	2011-09-13 02:08:53	Under Review	Editing
Gene Reed		2011-09-13 02:39:51	Editing	Under Review
Merlin Haas		2011-09-13 02:54:05	Under Review	Approved

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