Adventure Comics #218

(November 1955)

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

The Two Worlds of Superboy (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jor-El; Lara; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent

Synopsis

Continued from last issue... Superboy left Earth with Jor-El and Lara - but they're actors! Superboy faked the UFO and super-stunts. The hoax can end, for "Killer" Mason has been electrocuted. But a meteor strike forces them down to an asteroid. At home, Ma and Pa Kent will be honored as Superboy's adopted parents at a banquet. Only then do they find the cat hid a note from Superboy explaining the hoax! As Superboy returns the actors home, a fake Clark Kent takes his place at the banquet: a dummy made by Pa as a joke on Martha saves their secret!

Reprints

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #156 (June 1969)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1969 ([november] 1969)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes. Story continued from previous issue.

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Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?" (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Aquaman, Outlaw of the Sea (Table of Contents: 5)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ramona Fradon

Inks

Ramona Fradon

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Sailors dump dangerous chemicals that can cause insanity into the sea, just as Aquaman surfaces nearby! He's jinxed as all the helpful rescues he tries flub up so he looks insane. Authorities try to trank him. It's only when he does flub up that he rescues a mini-sub, and looks smart. "I'd better just play along... and leave well enough alone!"

We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!" (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

Playful Pop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Phil Berube

Pencils

Phil Berube

Inks

Phil Berube

Colors

?

Letters

Phil Berube

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen, Pop. This is an imitation of a train...

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #42 (August-September 1947)

World's Greatest Sports Games (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Raymond Perry

Inks

Raymond Perry

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A short history of the Olympic Games.

The Archer Who Lost His Aim (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Green Arrow agrees to wear a chest monitor to test his physical and mental reactions for vital medical data. But his arrows go wild at odd moments, and crooks get away. Other times he can shoot fine. It's only when he ditches his steel arrows and borrows Speedy's wooden ones that they figure it out. The doctor's assistant put lead foil in the monitor and exposed the magnetized gear works by remote control for a cut of the crook's loot.

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

Sagebrush Sam / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello, Sagebrush. How was the big city?

Genre

humor; western-frontier

Reprints

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #135 (February 1960)

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Peg / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Peg, I see you're wearing a fraternity pin.

Genre

humor; teen

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Miniature Spy Camera / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)