Adventure Comics, #193
Published: October 1953
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Superboy's Lost Costume!
Credits
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
Draw This Car
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Superboy's Lost Costume!
Storyline
Clark goes swimming and hides his costume, but a boy finds it. He dons it to impress a girl, is seen as a fraud, so Superboy, in a spare suit, steers a harmless bear their way to buck up the boy's courage. Then a down-and-outer finds it and uses it for his first desperate robbery (on a jewelry store Superboy fakes), but regrets it and stays honest. A crook shows off "indestructible cloth" and sells many bolts, until Superboy makes him return the money. Superboy says the costume "made quite an impression" on three people, without "the slightest tear or stain on it!"
Credits
- Pencils: John Sikela
- Inks: John Sikela
"Does each star in our flag stand for an individual state?"
Credits
- Script: John Howson
- Pencils: John Howson
- Inks: John Howson
- Letters: John Howson
Featuring Sky Bar
Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Win Mortimer
- Inks: Win Mortimer
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Secret of the Sea Monster!
Storyline
Aquaman uses whales to tow an iceberg out of harm's way, but it melts and releases a giant sea serpent. He's a "goner", but the monster just wants a friend. Yet Aquaman's "new pet" keeps trapping ships and terrifying the crew, and the Navy threatens to blast it. Aquaman finally learns the creature was sniffing coal smoke and hungry for coal, so he steers it to a coal mine with "enough coal ore to keep you contented for the next thousand years!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ramona Fradon
- Inks: Ramona Fradon
"Now that we're at the North Pole..."
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Editorial Advisory Board
"How do you like these new shorts..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Thunderbolts on Mount Olympus!
Storyline
Tubby Watts photographs a newly discovered statue of Hermes... The statue whirls Tubby around. Johnny Chambers / Quick dives in, but they ride a thunderbolt to Mount Olympus. A race is needed - and cheating. Hermes turns invisible, but Johnny spins flower petals to spot him. A touch of his staff puts Johnny to sleep, but Tubby dumps ambrosia, so Johnny wakes. A sip from Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness, makes Johnny forget his magic formula until Echo repeats it. Johnny wins - and Tubby wakes up. All a dream!
Characters
- Johnny Quick
- Tubby Watts
- Hermes [also known as Mercury]
- Echo
- Zeus
- Bacchus
- Echo
- Pan
Credits
- Pencils: Ralph Mayo
- Inks: Ralph Mayo
Present and Ancient Mariners
Credits
- Pencils: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Luca Maresca
"H'ya, Alan!" "I'm glad you came along..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Three Shots That Green Arrow Missed!
Storyline
The cops want to nail Big Dan Drake, Czar of Crime. Green Arrow and Speedy are asked to escort a witness, but he's kidnapped. Chasing the gang, GA "misses" and breaks a window, drops a water tank, and crashes a car. Has he lost his touch? They nail the gang at the docks and rescue the witness. With no time to explain, GA spotted three traps: the room contained gas, the water tank strut was weakened, and the car was empty and a road menace. "So you didn't miss! You shot the very targets you aimed for!"
Credits
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Featuring Friendship Studios, Inc.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.