Adventure Comics #136

DC Comics

United States

Published
January 1949
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/7295

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy

Credits

Art
Al Wenzel
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #3 ([April 1949?])
No title recorded

Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07

Show/hide 1. My Pal -- Superboy (Superboy) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Joe Vance; Roger Belding

Credits

Script
William Woolfolk
Art
Al Wenzel

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #3 ([April 1949?])
My Pal Superboy!
 
Australia
All Favourites Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1955 series) ([July 1956?])
My Pal--Superboy
 
Australia
All Favourites Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1955 series) ([July 1956?])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #39 ([November 1966?])
My Pal--Superboy
Original
Adventure Comics 136, January 1949

Synopsis

Joe Vance is out of reform school and all he wants is a second chance, but the kids at Clark's school won't give him one.

Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07

Show/hide 2. Johnny Quick For a Day (Johnny Quick) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Quick
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Tinka Elwood; Curve Carver; Jason Dewarr

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
Charles Sultan

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #13 ([June 1957?])
Johnny Quick for a Day

Synopsis

Johnny Quick gives his speed to three people for 24 hours to show them that speed isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Little Pete) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete
Genre
Children; humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 4. Water Boy (Aquaman) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Aquaman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Aquaman; Chuck Finn; Petty

Credits

Art
John Daly

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #3 ([April 1949?])
Water Boy!

Synopsis

Champion swimmer Chuck Finn is forced to help Petty rob a river boat.

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Daffy and Doodle) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Daffy and Doodle
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Lit-Win
Art
Lit-Win
Letters
Lit-Win

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #6 ([November 1956?])
Untitled
Show/hide 6. Junior Statesmen Text article, 2 pages

Credits

Author
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 7. Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug) Comic story, 0.5 pages
Show/hide 8. Crimes by the Ghost (Green Arrow) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy; vs. the Ghost (only appearance); Dumb Duke

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
George Papp

Synopsis

Tim Pebble gets tired of being a ghost writer and decides to become a ghost criminal instead, planning robberies for others to pull off.


Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 36153

Entry created

  • 16/03/2008

Cover added

  • 14/04/2010

Index completed

  • 14/04/2010