Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #179

Cover Date: August 1952
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1952-06-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The World's Wackiest Inventions!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fichetti
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Villain(s):

Barton Blout (first appearance; tries to swindle Otis and other inventors)

Other Character(s):

Caspar Otis (first appearance; an inventor whose machine is aided by Superboy)

Location(s):

Smallville

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Second Story: "The Raft of Doom!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ramona Fradon
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; trying to keep an island from being discovered with lots of gold)

Other Character(s):

Unnamed scientists (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

This story features the Earth-Two Aquaman.

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Third Story: "The Modern Paul Bunyan!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Sy Barry
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Quick

Supporting Character(s):

Tubby Watts

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Fourth Story: "Green Arrow's New Partner!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow

Supporting Character(s):

Speedy (gets amnesia)

Villain(s):

Gila Pete Grogan and his gang (first appearance; train robbers)

Other Character(s):

Todd Garnett (first appearance; an elderly blind former sheriff)

Comment(s):

This story features the Earth-Two Green Arrow and Speedy.

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