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Adventure Comics 296

ADVENTURE COMICS #296

Cover Date: May 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-03-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Benjamin Franklin's Super-Reporter" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger (?)
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in flashback in Action Comics #288; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #97/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in flashback in Action Comics #288; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #97/2)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #96 and #97/2)

Villain(s):

General Gage
British soldiers

Other Character(s):

Benjamin Franklin
Paul Revere
Nancy Bates
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson

Location(s):

Earth
Washington, DC
a parallel Earth (December 1773; see Comments)
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA
The Timestream

Comment(s):

Superboy and the Kents not only travel through time to the American Revolution, but to a parallel Earth. This is suggested by the unfolding of historical events which do not match history. On this parallel Earth, though they arrive a few days before December 16, 1773, the Kents witness Paul Revere's ride (which occurred April 18, 1775), John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence (August 2, 1776), the cracking of the Liberty Bell (sometime between 1825-1846, and definitely not caused by Superboy), Benjamin Franklin's discovery of electricity (June 10, 1752) and the Boston Tea Party, which actually did occur on December 16, 1773.


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Second Story: "The Case of the Super-Looney Lawyer!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (also plays as "Merry Pason." to defend Bizarro-Jimmy; in between issues #295/2 and #297/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (plays as "Della Avenue;" in between issues #295/2 and #297/2)
Bizarro-Junior No. 1 (in between issues #295/2 and #297/2)

Other Character(s):

Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen
Bizarro-Lana Lang
Bizarro-Krypto (last in issue #294/2; next in ???
Bizarro-Perry White
Bizarros

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Daily Htrae

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([October] 2000)


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