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Adventure Comics 190

ADVENTURE COMICS #190

Cover Date: July 1953
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1953-05-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sy Barry


Story: "The Terrible Truant!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Fischetti
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Martha Kent
Jonathan Kent (mistakenly depicted as bald)

Villain(s):

Jero (first appearance; a truant from the super-scientific world of Xanadu)
Two unnamed criminals (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Smallville
Xanadu (first appearance; a "super-scientific world")

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the school year.


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Second Story: "The Hunter of the Sea!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRamona Fradon
Assistant editingMort Weisinger, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Joseph Lundgren (first appearance; an evil big-game hunter)

Location(s):

South Seas

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.


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Third Story: "Stand-In for 100 Convicts!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtHy Mankin
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

Villain(s):

Mauler Murphy (first appearance; steals industrial diamonds from prison)

Story Reprinted in:

DC 100-Page Super-Spectacular #6/4 (1971)


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Fourth Story: "Around the World in Eighty Arrows" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow
Speedy

Villain(s):

Commander and his Crime Platoon (first appearance for all; uses military uniforms and tactics to commit crimes)

Location(s):

Somewhere in the midwest
Near London, England
Paris, France

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Earth-Two.
This story takes place over 30 days.


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