Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

ADVENTURE COMICS #220

Cover Date: January 1956
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1955-11-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Greatest Show on Earth" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Krypto (returns to Earth and is revealed to the general public; in between issues #214 and #226)

Villain(s):

Barney Blake (first appearance; a corrupt circus owner)

Location(s):

Smallville

Smallville

Super-Doghouse (precursor to the Doghouse of Solitude)

Comment(s):

The characters seen here is the Earth-One version.

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Second Story: "The Coward and the Hero" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ramona Fradon
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (impersonates Johnny Blake, a war hero who has become afraid of open waters)

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #404/3 (September 1971)

Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (2016)

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Story: "The Arrows from Outer Space" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (next in World's Finest Comics #80/2)

Speedy (next in World's Finest Comics #80/2)

Villain(s):

Carter and his gang (first appearance for all; uses cover of giant "arrows" to rob a frightened public)

Location(s):

Star City (assumed)

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