Adventure Comics #196

(January 1954)

Home, Sweet Home! (Table of Contents: 1)

Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Mayer

Inks

Sheldon Mayer ?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Binky Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Li'l Allergy; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs

Synopsis

Everyone in Binky's family learns a lesson about being more thoughtful and accommodating to one another.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with leading national social welfare and youth-serving organizations.

Art credits from Bob Hughes, Gene Reed, Merlin Haas, Edgar Loftin, and Allen Ross. Loftin and Ross question Mayer inks credit. Bob Bailey argues Bob Oksner base with Mayer heads.

Kingorilla! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

John Sikela

Inks

John Sikela

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Professor John Lang; Mrs. Lang; Lana Lang; Kingorilla (introduction); Ma Kent; Pa Kent (bald)

Synopsis

When the Lang disappear in the jungle, Clark and Lana go search for them, and they all end up being offered as a sacrifice to a giant ape.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Woolfolk's payment records (http://martinohearn.blogspot.com).

Superboy squeezes coal into diamond.

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Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

The Topsy-Turvy World! (Table of Contents: 6)

Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ramona Fradon

Inks

Ramona Fradon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Top Comics Wassermann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #108

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Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Horace Elmo

Pencils

Horace Elmo

Inks

Horace Elmo

Colors

?

Letters

Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is the inscription on the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia?

Genre

non-fiction

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Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a polishing job!

Genre

humor

Johnny Quick, Traffic Cop! (Table of Contents: 11)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #14/1954 (Juli 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #14/1954 ([1993])

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Curse of the Conquistador (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Three Smashing Adventures of Superman (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

The Jealous Archer! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Speedy

Synopsis

Green Arrow keeps disappearing and letting Speedy do all the work and get all the credit.

Reprints

• in Buntes Allerlei (Aller Verlag, 1953 series) #14/1954 (Juli 1954)
which is reprinted
• in Buntes Allerlei (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #14/1954 ([1993])

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Electric Baseball / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)