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Adventure Comics #177

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1952

Dates

Cover date
June 1952
On sale
April 16, 1952
Pages
44

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, John Sikela, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ramona Fradon, Paul Norris, Raymond Perry, George Papp, Al McLean, Fred Harmaninks: Win Mortimer, John Sikela, Ray Thompson, Henry Boltinoff, Ramona Fradon, Paul Norris, Raymond Perry, George Papp, Al McLean, Fred Harmanscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLeanletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLean

Stories

  • The Hot-Rod Chariot Race! · 12 pages

    A professor faces ridicule unless his claim that Ben Hur was a real person is supported. Superboy goes back in time to prove the existence of the fictional character.

  • Untitled · 0.5 pages

    Pete takes a baby carriage on a field trip to carry his things.

  • The Man Who Was Aquaman's Double! · 5.67 pages

    Aquaman uses Tommy Leeds, a lookalike who can't swim, to impersonate him so he can appear to be in two places at one time. In doing so, he restores Tommy's luster in the eyes of his girl friend who thought her beau was rather dull.

  • Untitled · 0.5 pages

    The professor builds a new robot but dismantles it because it beats him at chess.

  • Formulas for Space! · 6 pages

    Your usual story in which aliens kidnap a "typical" human and decide not to invade earth because Earthmen are so tough. Johnny has trouble with his formula in space and has to use several randomly chosen variations.

  • Sailors Under the Sea · 2 pages

    This is a factual feature on people who work on submarines.

  • The Three Champion Archers! · 7.67 pages

    Green Arrow enlists the aid of several expert archers to help capture criminals at a competition for archers hosted by Green Arrow.

Reprinted in

All-American Men of War (1952), Star Spangled War Stories (1952), Our Army at War (1952), Tales of the Unexpected (1956), Adventures into the Unknown (1958)

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