Super Adventure Comic #4

Published
October 1950
Page count
36
Cover price
6d [0-0-6 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded (Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page

"Full size 36 page comic"

Featuring

Feature
Superman; Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Robin

Credits

Art
, penciller (Australian adaptation)
 
Win Mortimer, line art
 
, line art (Australian adaptation)
Colours
, colourist
 
, colourist
Text
, letterer
 
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #41 (July-August 1949)
Untitled
Also printed
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #8 ([March 1959?])
No title recorded

Notes

Robin on the original cover has been replaced by Superboy.

Show/hide 1. Meet Batman! [Sixpence] Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

"Meet Batman! He's terrific! He's one of the world's best known adventure characters! You can follow the adventures of Batman and his young assistant Robin every month in Batman Comics Sixpence at all Newsagents."

Details

Printed
1950 to 1951
Genre
Superhero
More...
Meet Batman! [Sixpence]
Show/hide 2. The People Vs. Superman! (Superman) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; The Ace (Intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White

Credits

Writing
Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
 
Al Schwartz, scripter [as Alvin Schwartz]
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
 
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
Text
, letterer
 
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #62 (January-February 1950)
The People vs. Superman!

Synopsis

Superman is arrested for the murder of Clark Kent.

Notes

First extensive use of super-ventriloquism.

Show/hide 3. Crime from Tomorrow (Batman) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Super-hero
Characters
V: Morton (I)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
 
, scripter
Art
Jim Mooney, line art
 
Jim Mooney, penciller (verified by Mooney)
 
Jim Mooney, line art
 
Jim Mooney, penciller (verified by Mooney)
Text
Ira Schnapp, letterer (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
 
Ira Schnapp, letterer (credit by O'Hearn/Desris)
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #48 (August-September 1948)
Crime From Tomorrow!

Notes

Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Previously given to Ray Burnley.

Show/hide 4. Clark Kent, Boy Hobo (Superboy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Jack Watson; Jimmy Guy; Blackie; Ma Kent; Pa Kent

Credits

Writing
, scripter
 
, scripter
Art
John Sikela, line art
 
John Sikela, line art
Text
, letterer
 
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)
 
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #153 (June 1950)
Clark Kent, Boy Hobo!

Synopsis

Clark goes under cover to write about the lives of boy hoboes.

Show/hide 5. £6,000 Big Spring Double (Rinso Lifebouy) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Rinso Lifebouy
Code
ZW.1.XFP

Notes

"Contest closes October 19th 1950."


Status

This issue includes help from

  • Book Palace

AusReprints ID

  • 1908

Entry created

  • 28/10/2004

Cover added

  • 31/03/2018

Index completed

  • 17/01/2023

Last updated

  • 17/01/2023