Adventure Comics
#150
(March 1950)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1950-01-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1950 series) #154 ([circa October 1950]) -
in Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
-
[no title indexed]
Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Anytime's snapshot time!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Superboy's Initiation!
Superboy / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My paddle just broke on him!
- Feature Logo
Superboy- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Howard King; Arthur Dark; Reggie
- Synopsis
- Smallhi Fraternity invites Clark to join as a joke, so they can humiliate him with initiation stunts.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 ([1954]) -
in Colossal Comic Annual (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #3 ([August 1957])
-
[no title indexed]
Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Movies' greatest whip expert "Whip" Wilson says: for a real pardner when the going's rough--you can't whip Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum
- Genre
- western-frontier
The Boy Who Went to Sea!
Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Swab, ye swabs, swab!
- Feature Logo
Aquaman [straight, shadow behind]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Blackjack; Jerry Higgins
- Reprints
- in Colossal Comic Annual (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958])
-
You Don't Have to Wait 2 Months for These Great Magazines!
Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring; Fred Ray; Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Stan Kaye; Fred Ray; Win Mortimer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Superman; Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Batman; Robin
- Synopsis
- House ad for current issues of Action Comics, Star Spangled Comics, and Detective Comics.
The Spectre's Magic Formula
Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- Ralph Mayo (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Mayo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can't stop me--not when I use my magic formula, Johnny Quick! 7B(67A)Q89!
- Feature Logo
Johnny Quick and his Magic Formula- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Johnny Quick; The Spectre (not the hero); Tubby Watts
- Synopsis
- The Spectre has his own magic formula: 7B(67A)Q89.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Ton o' Fun / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Harry Lampert (signed as
HARRY LAMPERT) - Pencils
- Harry Lampert (signed as HARRY LAMPERT)
- Inks
- Harry Lampert (signed as HARRY LAMPERT)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Harry Lampert (signed as HARRY LAMPERT)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Didn't Junior fix the cold water faucets fine, Dear?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your chance boys and girls... two swell premiums for the price of one!
The Ten-Century Lie!
The Shining Knight / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- Frank Frazetta (signed as
FRANK FRAZETTA) - Inks
- Frank Frazetta (signed as FRANK FRAZETTA)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When an untruth travels around the world in a flash- an untruth a thousand years old- can the truth catch up with it?
- Feature Logo
Shining Knight [decorated initial cap]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shining Knight; Sir Butch; Sir Megrim; Eleda; Thorwald
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
flashback to Camelot
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.75 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't see why I have to walk Aunt Etty's baby-- just because she's visiting us!
- Feature Logo
Jerry the Jitterbug- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- in Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #27 ([August 1952])
- in Buzzy (DC, 1944 series) #68 (November 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our bunch all munch won't you join us, too?
The Voice of the Fish
text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Although fish actually have been going around making noises for millions of years, people never realized it until recently.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from ALL HANDS, The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin
The Green Arrow Contest
Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry, sir, but we're closed for the night!
- Feature Logo
The Green Arrow- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Speedy; The Flying Aces
"It's Fun to Be Healthy!" Says Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, I don't feel like playing, Wonder Woman!
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Indexer Notes
This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls boys get your prize this easy way
[no title indexed]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I will train you at home for good jobs in radio - television
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superboy -
1.
["Anytime's snapshot time!"]
Kodak Cameras and Film -
2.
Superboy's Initiation!
Superboy -
3.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
4.
["Movies' greatest whip expert "Whip" Wilson says: for a real pardner when the going's rough--you can't whip Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum"]
Bazooka Bubble Gum -
5.
The Boy Who Went to Sea!
Aquaman -
6.
You Don't Have to Wait 2 Months for These Great Magazines!
Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics -
7.
The Spectre's Magic Formula
Johnny Quick -
8.
["Didn't Junior fix the cold water faucets fine, Dear?"]
Ton o' Fun -
9.
["Here's your chance boys and girls... two swell premiums for the price of one!"]
Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal -
10.
The Ten-Century Lie!
The Shining Knight -
11.
["I don't see why I have to walk Aunt Etty's baby-- just because she's visiting us!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
12.
["Our bunch all munch won't you join us, too?"]
Nestlé's Crunch -
13.
The Voice of the Fish
-
14.
The Green Arrow Contest
Green Arrow -
15.
"It's Fun to Be Healthy!" Says Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman -
16.
["Girls boys get your prize this easy way"]
American Seeds -
17.
["I will train you at home for good jobs in radio - television"]
National Radio Institute Home Study Course -
18.
["Get a Daisy Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine - and get in on the fun!"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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