Adventure Comics #145

(October 1949)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

All-American Western; All-Star Comics; Scribbly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Holiday Hijackers! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Sikela

Inks

John Sikela

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Holidays are usually great fun...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Pa Kent; Ma Kent; Cyrus Barton

Synopsis

The Kents take Clark to Metropolis for the Fourth of July celebrations. Committee member Cyrus Barton advocates for the largest display of fireworks ever seen in the city, and crooks use the diversion to raid a bank vault. Superboy foils that and other crimes, resulting in a giant float depicting the Boy of Steel, who prophetically says, 'Thanks folks! Maybe I'll be back again some day!'

Reprints

• in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 ([1954])

Lou Boudreau (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hollywood's Top Adventure Star! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Alan Ladd / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Diary of a Desperado (Table of Contents: 6)

Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you keep a diary?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Diary Dan (crook)

Synopsis

Gang leader Diary Dan keeps a diary of his crimes. While fleeing from the police, in a curio shop he finds a diary belonging to another criminal, dating from a thousand years in the past. He escapes Green Arrow and Speedy by using a trick found in the old diary. Green Arrow finally traps him by using his 'diary arrow', leaving a fake diary which Dan thinks is his own and stops to retrieve.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Monark Super Deluxe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sea Hitch-Hiker! (Table of Contents: 8)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

John Daly

Inks

John Daly

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Could you make your way around the world entirely by sea...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Quentin Ward

Synopsis

Cartoonist Quentin Ward tries to sell his editor a daily strip which shows his hero travelling around the world entirely by sea. To overcome the editor's objections, Ward offers to do the same in real life. He hops various freighters and fishing boats, and Aquaman gives him a hand by commanding a giant turtle (and later a whale) to give Ward a lift.

Rescue from the Ravine (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Ray-o-Vac / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Legend of the Flying Warrior! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sir Justin, whose other identity is The Shining Knight...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Merlin the Magician; the tribal chief; Black Owl

Synopsis

A museum guide tells his tour the legend of a winged warrior statue which pre-dates the discovery of America. Justin is the assistant curator, and recalls the occasion when, as Sir Justin of the Round Table, he magically tried to travel back a thousand years to King Arthur's court. But, dropping his sword during the time travel trip he landed among a tribe of First Nations peoples, thereby becoming the prototype of the legend.

Reprints

• in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #10 (November 1956)

Indexer Notes

Set in the American West before white men moved to settle land.

Mountain Rescue (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Says Stay in School - Give Yourself a Break! (Table of Contents: 12)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Graham Place

Inks

Graham Place

Colors

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Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

humor; advocacy; teen

Treetop Careers (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

My Kingdom for a Picture! (Table of Contents: 14)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Dan Barry (signed)

Inks

Dan Barry (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The team of Johnny Chambers, ace cameraman, and his portly assistant, Tubby Watts...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts

Synopsis

When Tubby asks for a promotion to full-time cameraman, his boss gives him the 'dull list', locations where good newsreel footage is impossible to obtain. While Tubby is at the zoo looking at bears lounging around, Johnny Quick agitates the air around them, causing the bears to dance. At the library Johnny spots a man trying to steal a rare book, and causes other volumes to fly off the shelves. And so on until the list is covered. All the while Tubby gets great footage. Unfortunately, he has forgotten to load an film into the camera.

Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Rubber-for-Molds, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Flames of Death (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Another Exciting "RC" and Quickie Adventure!; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)