Adventure Comics, #145
Published: October 1949
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Issue Contents:
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Featuring All-American Western; All-Star Comics; Scribbly
"Want action?"
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Holiday Hijackers!
"Holidays are usually great fun..."
Storyline
The Kents take Clark to Metropolis for the Fourth of July celebrations. Committee member Cyrus Barton advocates for the largest display of fireworks ever seen in the city, and crooks use the diversion to raid a bank vault. Superboy foils that and other crimes, resulting in a giant float depicting the Boy of Steel, who prophetically says, 'Thanks folks! Maybe I'll be back again some day!'
Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Pa Kent
- Ma Kent
- Cyrus Barton
Credits
- Script: Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils: John Sikela
- Inks: John Sikela
Lou Boudreau
Hollywood's Top Adventure Star!
Featuring The Adventures of Alan Ladd
The Diary of a Desperado
"Do you keep a diary?"
Storyline
Gang leader Diary Dan keeps a diary of his crimes. While fleeing from the police, in a curio shop he finds a diary belonging to another criminal, dating from a thousand years in the past. He escapes Green Arrow and Speedy by using a trick found in the old diary. Green Arrow finally traps him by using his 'diary arrow', leaving a fake diary which Dan thinks is his own and stops to retrieve.
Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
- Speedy [Roy Harper]
- Diary Dan (crook)
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: George Papp
- Inks: George Papp
Story Notes
Ad for the Monark Super Deluxe model.
The Sea Hitch-Hiker!
"Could you make your way around the world entirely by sea..."
Storyline
Cartoonist Quentin Ward tries to sell his editor a daily strip which shows his hero travelling around the world entirely by sea. To overcome the editor's objections, Ward offers to do the same in real life. He hops various freighters and fishing boats, and Aquaman gives him a hand by commanding a giant turtle (and later a whale) to give Ward a lift.
Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
- Quentin Ward
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: John Daly
- Inks: John Daly
Rescue from the Ravine
The Legend of the Flying Warrior!
"Sir Justin, whose other identity is The Shining Knight..."
Storyline
A museum guide tells his tour the legend of a winged warrior statue which pre-dates the discovery of America. Justin is the assistant curator, and recalls the occasion when, as Sir Justin of the Round Table, he magically tried to travel back a thousand years to King Arthur's court. But, dropping his sword during the time travel trip he landed among a tribe of First Nations peoples, thereby becoming the prototype of the legend.
Characters
- Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
- Merlin the Magician
- the tribal chief
- Black Owl
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
Story Notes
Set in the American West before white men moved to settle land.
Mountain Rescue
Buzzy Says Stay in School - Give Yourself a Break!
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff
- Pencils: Graham Place
- Inks: Graham Place
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Treetop Careers
My Kingdom for a Picture!
"The team of Johnny Chambers, ace cameraman, and his portly assistant, Tubby Watts..."
Storyline
When Tubby asks for a promotion to full-time cameraman, his boss gives him the 'dull list', locations where good newsreel footage is impossible to obtain. While Tubby is at the zoo looking at bears lounging around, Johnny Quick agitates the air around them, causing the bears to dance. At the library Johnny spots a man trying to steal a rare book, and causes other volumes to fly off the shelves. And so on until the list is covered. All the while Tubby gets great footage. Unfortunately, he has forgotten to load an film into the camera.
Characters
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]
- Tubby Watts
Credits
- Script: Otto Binder
- Pencils: Dan Barry
- Inks: Dan Barry
Follow the Danger Trail with Tomahawk
Featuring Tomahawk; Star Spangled Comics
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Flames of Death
Story Notes
Back cover.