Adventure Comics #150

DC Comics

United States

Published
March 1950
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Golden Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC: Superman National Comics
 
DC: Superman National Comics
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/8168

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, Editor [credited]
 
Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)

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

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy

Credits

Art
Al Wenzel, penciller
 
, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Adapted
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #17 ([November 1951])
No title recorded
Printed in
Adventure Comics (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1950 series) #154 ([circa October 1950])
 
Superman: Cover to Cover (DC, 2006 series) #[nn] ([August] 2006)
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Kodak) Advertisement, 1 page

"Anytime's snapshot time!"

Featuring

Feature
Kodak

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Text
, typeset

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. Superboy's Initiation! (Superboy) Comic story, 10 pages

"My paddle just broke on him!"

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Howard King; Arthur Dark; Reggie

Credits

Writing
Ed Hamilton , scripter [as Edmond Hamilton]
Art
John Sikela, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954)
Superboy's Initiation!
 
Australia
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #3 ([August 1957])
Superboy's Initiation!

Synopsis

Smallhi Fraternity invites Clark to join as a joke, so they can humiliate him with initiation stunts.

Show/hide 3. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

Credits

Writing
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 4. Untitled (Bazooka Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"Movies' greatest whip expert "Whip" Wilson says: for a real pardner when the going's rough--you can't whip Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum"

Featuring

Feature
Bazooka Bubble Gum
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 5. The Boy Who Went to Sea! (Aquaman) Comic story, 6 pages

"Swab, ye swabs, swab!"

Featuring

Feature
Aquaman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Aquaman; Blackjack; Jerry Higgins

Credits

Writing
Joe Samachson, scripter
Art
John Daly, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #18 ([July 1950])
The Boy Who Went to Sea
 
Australia
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958])
The Boy Who Went to Sea!
Show/hide 6. You Don't Have to Wait 2 Months for These Great Magazines! (Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Action Comics; Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics
Genre
Superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Superman; Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Batman; Robin

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Wayne Boring, penciller
 
Fred Ray, penciller
 
Win Mortimer, penciller
 
Stan Kaye, inker
 
Fred Ray, inker
 
Win Mortimer, inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

House ad for current issues of Action Comics, Star Spangled Comics, and Detective Comics.

Show/hide 7. The Spectre's Magic Formula (Johnny Quick) Comic story, 8 pages

"You can't stop me--not when I use my magic formula, Johnny Quick! 7B(67A)Q89!"

Featuring

Feature
Johnny Quick
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Johnny Quick; The Spectre (not the hero); Tubby Watts

Credits

Writing
Joe Samachson, scripter
Art
Ralph Mayo, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #51 ([November 1951])
The Spectre's Magic Formula
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #24 ([March 1952])
The Spectre's Magic Formula
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #49 ([May 1969?])
The Spectre's Magic Formula
Printed in
Superman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #24

Synopsis

The Spectre has his own magic formula: 7B(67A)Q89.

Show/hide 8. Untitled (Ton o' Fun) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Didn't Junior fix the cold water faucets fine, Dear?"

Featuring

Feature
Ton o' Fun
Genre
Humour

Credits

Writing
Harry Lampert, scripter [signed]
Art
Harry Lampert, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Harry Lampert, letterer [signed]
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Ralston [all cereals]) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"Here's your chance boys and girls... two swell premiums for the price of one!"

Featuring

Feature
Ralston [all cereals]

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 10. The Ten-Century Lie! (The Shining Knight) Comic story, 6 pages

"When an untruth travels around the world in a flash- an untruth a thousand years old- can the truth catch up with it?"

Featuring

Feature
The Shining Knight
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Shining Knight; Sir Butch; Sir Megrim; Eleda; Thorwald

Credits

Writing
Joe Samachson, scripter
Art
Frank Frazetta, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

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Also printed
Australia
The Brave and the Bold (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([May 1956])
The Ten-Century Lie!
Printed in
The Masterworks Series of Great Comic Book Artists (DC, 1983 series) #1 (Spring 1983)
 
The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4

Notes

flashback to Camelot

Show/hide 11. Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug) Comic story, 0.75 pages

"I don't see why I have to walk Aunt Etty's baby-- just because she's visiting us!"

Featuring

Feature
Jerry the Jitterbug
Genre
Humour; teen

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter [signed]
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
Henry Boltinoff, letterer [signed]

Reprint history

Printed in
Buzzy (DC, 1944 series) #68 (November 1955)
 
Batman (K. G. Murray, 1950 series) #27 ([August 1952])
Show/hide 12. Untitled (Nestlé's Crunch) Advertisement, 0.25 pages

"Our bunch all munch won't you join us, too?"

Featuring

Feature
Nestlé's Crunch

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 13. The Voice of the Fish Text article, 2 pages

"Although fish actually have been going around making noises for millions of years, people never realized it until recently."

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Writing
, author
Art
Raymond Perry, line art
Colours
Raymond Perry , colourist
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 14. The Green Arrow Contest (Green Arrow) Comic story, 10 pages

"Sorry, sir, but we're closed for the night!"

Featuring

Feature
Green Arrow
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Green Arrow; Speedy; The Flying Aces

Credits

Writing
George Kashdan, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

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Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #47 ([July 1951?])
The Green Arrow Contest
 
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series) #47 ([July 1951?])
The Green Arrow Contest
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KGM, 1950? series) #20 (November 1951)
The Green Arrow Contest
Show/hide 15. "It's Fun to Be Healthy!" Says Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman) Public service announcement, 1 page

"Aw, I don't feel like playing, Wonder Woman!"

Featuring

Feature
Wonder Woman
Genre
Advocacy; superhero

Credits

Writing
Jack Schiff, scripter
Art
Morris Waldinger, penciller [as Irwin Hasen]
 
Morris Waldinger , inker
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Notes

This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

Show/hide 16. Untitled (American Seeds) Advertisement, 1 page

"Girls boys get your prize this easy way"

Featuring

Feature
American Seeds

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
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Text
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Show/hide 17. Untitled (National Radio Institute Home Study Course) Advertisement, 1 page

"I will train you at home for good jobs in radio - television"

Featuring

Feature
National Radio Institute Home Study Course

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, photographer
Text
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Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 18. Untitled (Daisy Air Rifles) Advertisement, 1 page

"Get a Daisy Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine - and get in on the fun!"

Featuring

Feature
Daisy Air Rifles

Credits

Writing
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Art
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Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 37032

Entry created

  • 13/07/2008

Cover added

  • 02/04/2010

Index completed

  • 02/04/2010