Adventure Comics #139

DC Comics

United States

Published
April 1949
Page count
52?
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
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Credits

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

Issue contents Hide all

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

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy

Credits

Art
Al Wenzel

Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07

Show/hide 1. Telegraph Boy (Superboy) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Mr. Baxter; Mr. X

Credits

Pencils
John Sikela
Inks
Ed Dobrotka

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])
Superboy, "Telegraph Boy"!
 
Australia
Mammoth Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956?) ([December 1956?])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #40 ([February 1967?])
Superboy! Telegraph Boy!

Notes

inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05.

Show/hide 2. Reign of the Reptiles (Green Arrow) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy; Basil Harkness; Smash Dixon; Bullhead Beale

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
George Papp

Synopsis

Green Arrow gets involved in a hunt for live dinosaurs in a lost valley.

Notes

Green Arrow lives in Gotham City!

Show/hide 3. The Man Who Owned the Sea (Aquaman) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Aquaman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Aquaman; Simon Drago

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
John Daly

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy Comics (Color Comics, 1949 series) #12 ([January 1950?])
The Man Who Owned the Sea
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #40 ([February 1967?])
The Man Who Owned The Sea
Original
Adventure Comics 139, April 1949

Synopsis

Simon Drago asserts he owns the whole ocean, and charges tolls for all who want to cross it.

Show/hide 4. Knight Without Armor (Shining Knight) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Shining Knight
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Shining Knight; Sir Butch; The Armorless Knight

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
Shining Knight artist

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
The Brave and the Bold (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #2 ([March 1956])
Knight Without Armor

Notes

at Camelot

Show/hide 5. The Film of the Future (Johnny Quick) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Quick
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Johnny Quick; Albert Madison

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
Charles Sultan

Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 79416

Cover added

  • 21/04/2013

Index completed

  • 21/04/2013

Last updated

  • 21/04/2013