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Adventure Comics 291

ADVENTURE COMICS #291

Cover Date: December 1961
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1961-10-26

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "Superboy's Romance with Cleopatra!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein (?)
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2 and #94)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2; next in issue #292)
Martha Kent (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2 and #94)
Lana Lang (in between Superboy Vol. 1 #93/2 and #94)
Lewis Lang (last/next in ???)
Phineas Potter (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #124/2; next in issue #300)

Villain(s):

Ramses (first appearance; Cleopatra's court magician; secretly from the 5th Dimension of Zrfff)

Other Character(s):

Dr. and Mrs. Dorne (first appearance for both)
citizens of Smallville (including reporters and Smallville High students, Betty named)
Cleopatra (54 BC)
a Clark Kent robot

Cameo Appearance(s):

Bizarros (in flashback)

Location(s):

Africa (unidentified location)
Ancient Egypt (54 BC)
Smallville
The Timestream


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Second Story: "The Bizarro Perfect Crimes!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Bizarro (in between issues #290/2 and #292/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #283; next in World's Finest Comics #122)

Supporting Character(s):

Bizarro-Lois (in between issues #290/2 and #292/2)

Villain(s):

Bizarros (four Bizarros who kidnap Bizarro-Lois #11; first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Bizarros
"Happy Joe" (first appearance; a car salesman)
a logging company (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World
Bizarro City
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #202/6 (December 1967-January 1968)
Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World ([October] 2000)


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