Adventure Comics #123 The Promise Collection Pedigree (DC, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 White pages....

Auction amount: $2,640.00

Sold: Apr 10, 2022

Adventure Comics #123 Values

Publisher: DC, 1947

About Adventure Comics #123

Superboy cover and art by George Roussos. Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Johnny Quick features with art by George Papp, John Daly, and Mort Meskin respectively.

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COVER DETAILS

Pencils: George Roussos

Inks: George Roussos

Notes: art id by Bob Hughes

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: A Lesson for a Bully!

Characters: Superboy; Pete Brant; Tom Dawson

Synopsis: Pete Brant, the school bully wants to become school mayor, and cheats to sabotage the campaign of Tom Dawson, the favorite to win. Pete plants fireworks in a hayride, but Superboy turns it into a skywriting slogan. Pete challenges Tom to a fight, but Superboy disguises himself and bruises Pete's hand. Finally Pete throws a ballot box in the furnace, but Superboy microscopically reads the ashes for the results. When Tom wins, he chooses Pete to be his vice-mayor, and Pete is thrilled and promises to reform.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Bill Finger

Pencils: Al Wenzel

Inks: George Roussos

Notes: Art id by Bob Hughes. Superboy uses microscopic vision.

Title: The Man Behind the Mask!

Characters: Green Arrow; Speedy; Chief Weber; The Mask (intro)

Synopsis: Important men are dying of "suicides" and "accidental deaths" all over the city. Green Arrow disguises himself as a scar-faced criminal, helped by Speedy, then pays for a hit on Oliver Queen. The masked man flees into the subway, where he's electrocuted on the third rail. Turns out he was a wanted criminal due to be electrocuted, so fate has intervened.

Pages: 10.000

Pencils: George Papp (signed)

Inks: George Papp (signed)

Title: Villainy in Venice!

Characters: Aquaman; Dina Lewis; Count Vitto

Synopsis: In Venice, city of canals, a girl is bound and thrown in a canal, but fish carry her to Aquaman. Together they attended a masked ball at carnival to expose a gang out to steal a fabulous treasure. Aquaman reflects the girl spent her fortune to come find romance, and only found another fortune.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: John Daly

Inks: John Daly

Title: The Adventure of the Antelope Boy!

Characters: Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts; Antelope Boy; Mobs Bracket

Synopsis: Johnny and Tubby are sent to Africa to find a jungle boy who reportedly runs with antelopes. But a criminal arrives first, kidnaps the boy, brings him to America, and uses him to snatch and run loot. Johnny finally catches the boy and the crooks, gets the boy freed, and finds he's been offered 57 college scholarships for their track teams!

Pages: 9.000

Script: Don C. Cameron

Pencils: Mort Meskin

Inks: George Roussos

Reprints: The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #160 (April 1966)

Notes: Takes place in Gotham City.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	12

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