Adventure Comics #454

(November-December 1977)

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash the Easy Olympic Way! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Green Is My Home Town? (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Juan Ortiz (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Elizabeth Safian (credited as Liz Berube)

Letters

Bill Morse (credited)

Job Number

J-4883

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Space-- The frontier just now being opened by man as an experimental satellite damaged by meteors gets on-the-spot repairs...

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Superboy [angled letters]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; the Kryptonite Kid (origin); Pete Ross; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Kryptonite Dog; Chief Parker [Douglas Parker]; Lex Luthor; Dr. Craig

Synopsis

Everyone in Smallville has turned green and Superboy can feel the effects of Kryptonite. So he believes the Kryptonite Kid is involved and goes after him in space. Superboy defeats the Kid, but learns he is not responsible for what is happening in Smallville.

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Superboy Comic (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #109 ([February 1978?])
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1978 (17. Mai 1978)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #26 (Januar 1985)
• in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #4/1979 ([3 april] 1979)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1979 (uke 16 1979)

Keywords

Blor; Earth; green kryptonite; Kent General Store; Scientific Research Associates (the forerunner of S. T. A. R. Labs); Smallville

Powerfun! BB & Pellet Guns by Crosman. (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Crosman Powerfun guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Get Rich and Famous. (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Clark candy bars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Cooky La Moo on Broadway (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Presenting the First Superman Dollar Comic (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Sport a Boy Grows Up with...Shooting a Daisy. (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

It's Bananas (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

CBS / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Untold Epic of World War II! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

What to Sink Your Teeth into When You're Hungry and You're Not a Werewolf. (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sins of the Father (Table of Contents: 15)

Aqualad / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Carl Potts (credited)

Inks

Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Elizabeth Safian (credited as Liz Berube)

Letters

Morris Waldinger (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It began hours ago; as an irate Aqualad demanded information on the parents he never knew...

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Aqualad

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aqualad [Garth]; The Idylists; Thoran; Sett (flashback); Thar (photo)

Synopsis

Aqualad finds an old man who reveals that Aqualad is the son of the former king of the Idylists, Thar. Thar was killed by the Idylists, and Aqualad is quite upset about it.

Reprints

• in Superboy (Semic, 1977 series) #6/1978 (uke 48 1978)
• in Aquaman: Death of a Prince (DC, 2011 series) ([August] 2011)
• in Aquaman: The Death of a Prince Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) ([March] 2020)

Keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Hidden Valley

[Crazy David Says] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Crazy David's Mail Order T-Shirt Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Super Belt Buckles (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-785

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear everybody: The question is, do I want to see Superboy in solo aventures?

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Dateline: Adventure

Indexer Notes

Letter from Al Schoeder III.

Super Prizes (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Youth Opportunity Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Join J.S.C.A. Jolly Giant for Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

AAU Shuperstar Flattens His Arch Enemy...the Menacing Missile-Toe (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

AAU Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)