Adventure Comics
#295
(April 1962)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.; Spartan Printing Company
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Published monthly by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. (the address of Spartan Printing Company, the printer, and a subsidiary of World Color Press). Editorial, executive offices and subscriptions, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N. Y.
The Kookie Super-Ape!
Bizarro / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Forte; ? (Superboy inset, see notes)
- Inks
- John Forte; ? (Superboy inset, see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Bizarro-Titano; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro #1; Superboy (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) ([October] 2000)
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Indexer Notes
Forte pencils per Bob Hughes and Nick Caputo. Bob Bailey and previous indexers credited Curt Swan and Wayne Boring.
Superboy inset appears to be a stat from an earlier issue, possibly from 1947 to 1949.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Advertisement, with order coupon, for 18 novelty items from Honor House Prod. Corp.
The Duel of the Superboys!
Superboy / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger (see notes)
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bronze Boy (introduction); Principal Wade; Chief Parker; Professor Lang
- Synopsis
- Vonrovia claims their super-hero is better than Superboy.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #40 ([circa December 1962])
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Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. A rehash of a story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #175 (April 1952).
Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars!
Superboy; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House advertisement for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #96 (April 1962) and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #152 (April 1962).
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, mother, will the dress be finished in time?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Wrong dress for a barn dance
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #164 (October 1950)
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[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Barbara Swindler, Ralph A. Moss, Ellen White, Donald Christian, and Evan Foley.
Bits of Bizarro Business from: Dennis Donahue, Gene Saver, Daniel Murphy, Mark Kachor, Fred Browning, Steve Korf, Neil Kalman, Ricky Spector, Linda Soldo, John Ellis, Mary Fortson, Fred Bronson, Jack Harris (see below), Greg Davis and Roger Watson, Walter Ogden, Ned Snively, Arlene Chase, Carole Krepas, John McGeehan, Mike Kennedy, Clint Haire, and Anthony Curione.
Bob Bailey confirmed with Jack C. Harris (a writer/editor for DC during the 1970s and 1980s) that this was his entry. Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968) reprinted two pages of these ideas from various issues, but Jack Harris' did not appear there.
The Kookie Super-Ape!
Bizarro / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- John Forte
- Inks
- John Forte (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Bizarro World- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Bizarro-Lana; Bizarro-Lois; Bizarro Jr; Bizarro-Krypto; Bizarro-Titano (introduction); Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro-Perry White
- Synopsis
- Bizarro-Titano wrestles Bizarro-Lois.
- Reprints
- in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) ([October] 2000)
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Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Bob Hughes, we formerly credited George Klein.
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The book's not here!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Vic's missing book has his girlfriend's telephone number in it.
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #106 (July 1956)
-
Coming Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
House advertisement for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (April 1962), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #60 (April 1962), and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #32 (April 1962).
Reward $2,000.00 for this coin
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Keywords
- coin; coin collecting; numismatist
Indexer Notes
An advertisement, with order coupon, for coin catalogue from Best Value Co., Coin Dept.
Frontier Cabin Big Enough for 2- 3 Kids!
Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
An advertisement for toy cabin built of DuPont Polyethelene.
[no title indexed]
American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you skinny like I was?
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Ben Rebhuhn bodybuilding advertisement for the American Body Building Club.
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The Kookie Super-Ape!
Bizarro -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Duel of the Superboys!
Superboy -
3.
Don't Miss These Two Super-Spectaculars!
Superboy; Superman -
4.
Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"
Buzzy -
5.
["Oh, mother, will the dress be finished in time?"]
Peg -
6.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
7.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
8.
The Kookie Super-Ape!
Bizarro -
9.
["The book's not here!"]
Varsity Vic -
10.
Coming Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane -
11.
Reward $2,000.00 for this coin
Best Values Coins and Currency -
12.
Frontier Cabin Big Enough for 2- 3 Kids!
Frontier Cabin -
13.
["Are you skinny like I was?"]
American Body Building Club -
14.
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- Jim Van Dore
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