Adventure Comics (1938 series) (DC) #290

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Number	290	290
Volume
No Volume	No	Yes
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand	Superman DC National Comics	Superman DC National Comics
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	November 1961	November 1961
Key Date	1961-11-10	1961-11-10
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 30.01)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Mort Weisinger	Mort Weisinger
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	Yes	Yes
Notes	Two pages of letters in this issue.	Two pages of letters in this issue.
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Sequence 0

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Sequence Number	0	0
Title	The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!	The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!
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	Sun Boy	Sun Boy
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1	in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1
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Sequence 1

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!	The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Superboy	Superboy
Genre	superhero	superhero
Job Number
Script	Robert Bernstein	Robert Bernstein
No Script
Pencils	George Papp	George Papp
No Pencils
Inks	George Papp	George Papp
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Joe Letterese	Joe Letterese
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	13.67	13.67
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Tom Tanner (Clark Kent look-alike); Lana Lang; Sun Boy (impostor); Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Chief Parker; Superboy robots; Ma Kent; Lana Lang; Kryptonite	Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Tom Tanner (Clark Kent look-alike); Lana Lang; Sun Boy (impostor); Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy]; Chief Parker; Superboy robots; Ma Kent; Lana Lang; Kryptonite
Synopsis	A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity.	A fake Sun Boy comes to Smallville asking Superboy's help in assembling a super-weapon. Meanwhile Tom Tanner, an escapee from reform school, takes over Clark Kent's identity.
Reprint Notes	in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (June 1968) in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983) in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1	in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (June 1968) in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983) in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1
Notes	first appearance of Sun Boy; original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953)	first appearance of Sun Boy; original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953)
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2. Wanted: Safe Bus Riders (no feature) public service announcement, 1p

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Sequence 3

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Sequence Number	3
Title
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	letters page
Feature	Smallville Mailsack
Genre
Job Number
Script	Mort Weisinger
No Script
Pencils	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Stan Kaye
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	2
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
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Notes	First "Bits of Bizarro Business" feature.
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Sequence 4

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Sequence Number	3	4
Title	Scarey Movie	Scarey Movie
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	filler	comic story
Feature	Ollie	Ollie
Genre	gag	humor
Job Number
Script	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
No Script
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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	1	0.67
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis	Man's hair doesn't stand up because it's a wig	Man's hair doesn't stand up because it's a wig
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Notes
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Sequence 5

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Sequence Number	4	5
Title	The Invasion of the Bizarro World	The Invasion of the Bizarro World
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Tales of the Bizarro World	Tales of the Bizarro World
Genre	superhero; humor	superhero; humor
Job Number
Script	Jerry Siegel	Jerry Siegel
No Script
Pencils	John Forte	John Forte
No Pencils
Inks	John Forte	John Forte
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	11	11
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr; Living Blue Kryptonite creatures (intro); Bizarro Hipster No. 1; Bizarro Olsen; Bizarro Perry White	Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr; Living Blue Kryptonite creatures (intro); Bizarro Hipster No. 1; Bizarro Olsen; Bizarro Perry White
Synopsis	The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated Blue Kryptonite statues, until the invaders try to make it round again. Then war breaks out. The Blue Kryptonite radiation was unblocked by regular lead suits but blocked by imperfect duplicates of the same lead suits.	The Bizarros celebrate when their world is invaded by animated Blue Kryptonite statues, until the invaders try to make it round again. Then war breaks out. The Blue Kryptonite radiation was unblocked by regular lead suits but blocked by imperfect duplicates of the same lead suits.
Reprint Notes	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #36 in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #36 in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn
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Sequence 6

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Sequence Number	4	6
Title	Borrowed Umbrella	"Well I've got to be getting home, Shorty!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
Type	filler	comic story
Feature	Shorty	Shorty
Genre	gag	humor
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	1	0.67
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis	Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name	Borrowed umbrella clearly marked with Shorty's name
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Bob Hughes	Editing	2012-01-07 10:55:26	Available	Editing
Bob Hughes		2012-01-07 10:59:24	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-01-08 17:20:02	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-01-08 17:20:27	Under Review	Approved

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