Adventure Comics, #137

Published: February 1949

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Adventure Comics #137

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Issue Contents:
The Treasure of Tondimo
1 page superhero

"All through? Now it's my turn!"

Characters
  • Superboy [Clark Kent]
Credits
Story Notes

art credits by Bob Hughes

Featuring Kodak

Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Treasure of Tondimo!
Story 2 10 pages superhero

"Buried treasure! What magic these words conjure up in man's minds!"

Storyline

Clark and his friends search for buried treasure, but a bunch of convicts are looking for it also. Clark finds it using his X-Ray vision, but it consists only of a plate and an old hickory stick. After many misadventures his schoolmates find the treasure chest, and Superboy reveals the actual treasure to be counterfeit plates for the twenty dollar bill.

Characters
  • Superboy [Clark Kent]
  • Tommy
  • The Forger (crook0
  • Spud (crook)
Credits
Story Notes

Art credits by Bob Hughes. Script previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn.

Featuring Smith Brothers Cough Drops

Story 3 1 page
Unhappy Birthday to You!
Story 4 8 pages adventure; superhero

"Happy birthday, Green Arrow, happy birthday to you."

Storyline

Attempting to raise money to buy Oliver a birthday present, Roy sets up am archery lessons booth. There are no takers until Oliver, in disguise, demonstrates great skill in archery. His old foe, Bull's Eye, happens to see this remarkable feat, and sends one of his henchmen to recruit the skillful stranger for his gang.

Characters
  • Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
  • Speedy [Roy Harper]
  • Bull's-Eye (villain)
  • Limpy Joe (crook)
Credits

Featuring Superboy

Story 5 1 page
The Undersea Lost World!
Story 6 6 pages adventure; superhero

"The North Pole has been discovered!"

Storyline

The Marine Bureau ask Aquaman to help map the ocean floor, with a view to extracting valuable minerals. With Aquaman as his guide, Professor Peabody, in a diving suit equipped with air, food and other necessities enough for two days, reach the ocean bed and declare it for the United Nations.

Characters
  • Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
  • Blackjack
  • Professor Peabody
Credits

Featuring Winthrop Jrs.

Story 7 1 page
The Secret of the Black Knight!
Story 8 7 pages adventure; fantasy; superhero

"Never has Camelot known such a mystery!"

Storyline

As King Arthur is talking to Sirs Justin and Butch, an axe is thrown through the window. Justin apprehends the would-be assassin, his friend Sir Evanthol. In the jousts, The Black Knight is the champion. Justin had spotted the Black Knight's exposed throat, and recognized it as belonging to Lady Elethea, who loves Sir Evanthol. Sir Mordaunt, expecting to wed Lady Elethea and thus gain access to her wealth, is revealed to be the villain.

Characters
  • Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
  • Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley
  • King Arthur
  • Sir Evanthol
  • Sir Mordaunt
  • Sir Gawain
  • The Black Knight
  • Lady Elethea
Story Notes

at Camelot

Story 9 1 page

"Look for them at your favorite newstand!"

Story 10 1 page humor

"Can I help you, miss?"

Editorial Advisory Board
Story 11 1 page
War in the West
Story 12 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story 13 1 page humor

"I'm late for work..."

Story 14 0 pages
Johnny Quick Makes History!
Story 15 8 pages superhero

"What price would you pay to drop into a movie and see the actual landing of Columbus?"

Storyline

A disastrous fire destroys the archival film holdings of the company which employs Johnny and Tubby. To prevent mass redundancies, Johnny hatches a plan to travel back in time with a movie camera and capture key moments in history. Johnny has travelled throughout time before, and worked out a wheel of time, to take him whenever he chooses. He finds that the past is not quite as that which has come down through historical records. He rescues Columbus from swampy ground, provides lightning for Benjamin Franklin, and facilitates many other key moments in history

Characters
  • Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
  • Tubby Watts
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Paul Revere
  • General George Washington
  • The Wright Brothers
  • Admiral Robert E. Peary
Prizes for Everyone!

Featuring Lancaster County Seed Company

Story 16 1 page

Featuring Motor's Auto Repair Manual

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Featuring Daisy Air Rifles

Story 18 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.