Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #219

Cover Date: December 1955
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1955-10-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Gorilla with the X-Ray Eyes!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang

Jonathan Kent

Villain(s):

Doc Baird and his gang (first appearance; use Chandu to commit crimes)

Other Character(s):

Professor Thaddeus Lang

Chandu (first appearance; a gorilla that can generate x-rays in the presence of lightning)

Location(s):

Africa

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #174/2 (May-June 1971) [retitled]

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Second Story: "The Greatest Show on Water" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ramona Fradon
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Comment(s):

Aquaman has yellow gloves in this story.

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Third Story: "The Human Chess Game" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in World's Finest Comics #79/2)

Speedy (last in World's Finest Comics #79/2)

Villain(s):

Elford Evans' cousin (first appearance; tries to have his chess champion cousin declared insane)

Location(s):

Star City (assumed)

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