Adventure Comics Vol 1 166

"Superboy: "The Town That Stole Superboy"": Promoter Jeb Williams gets Smallville's neighboring town of Hadley to declare itself the real home of Superboy, sues Smallville for a million dollars for its "false" claim to be Superboy's hometown, and exp

Superboy: "The Town That Stole Superboy"
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Adventure Comics Vol 1 #166
July, 1951
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Win Mortimer
Superboy: "The Town That Stole Superboy"
Writers	William Woolfolk
Pencilers	John Sikela
Inkers	John Sikela
Editors	Jack Schiff
Shining Knight: "The Secret Kingdom"
Writers	Don C. Cameron
Pencilers	Ramona Fradon
Inkers	Ramona Fradon
Johnny Quick: "Tubby, the Terrible Titan"
Writers	Jack Miller
Pencilers	Ralph Mayo
Inkers	Ralph Mayo
Green Arrow: "The Iron Archer"
Pencilers	George Papp
Inkers	George Papp
Previous Issue	Adventure Comics # 165
Next Issue	Adventure Comics # 167

Adventure Comics #166 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1951.

Synopsis for Superboy: "The Town That Stole Superboy"

Promoter Jeb Williams gets Smallville's neighboring town of Hadley to declare itself the real home of Superboy, sues Smallville for a million dollars for its "false" claim to be Superboy's hometown, and exploits the Boy of Steel's forced presence in Hadley, until Superboy himself straightens things out.

Appearing in Superboy: "The Town That Stole Superboy"

Featured Characters:

• Superboy

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Jeb Williams (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Mr. Andrews (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Kansas
  • Smallville
  • Hadley
    

Synopsis for Shining Knight: "The Secret Kingdom"

In Mexico the Shining Knight and Sir Butch encounter a post-Aztec lost civilization, and rescue the people from an American outlaw's scheme to enslave the tribe.

Appearing in Shining Knight: "The Secret Kingdom"

Featured Characters:

• Shining Knight

Supporting Characters:

• Sir Butch

Antagonists:

• Pecos Parker (Single appearance)
• Tex (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Quetza (Single appearance)
• King Axtol (Single appearance)
• Princess Ixtla (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Mexico
  • Lost Civilization

Items:

• Excalibur

Animals:

• Victory
  

Appearing in Johnny Quick: "Tubby, the Terrible Titan"

Featured Characters:

• Johnny Quick

Supporting Characters:

• Tubby Watts

Antagonists:

• Fix Flanagan (Single appearance)
• Shorty Wright (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Joe (Single appearance)
• Whirling Willie (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Philadelphia
  

Appearing in Green Arrow: "The Iron Archer"

Featured Characters:

• Green Arrow

Supporting Characters:

• Speedy

Antagonists:

• The Iron Archer (robot) (Single appearance)
• Rudley Scone (Single appearance)
• Bowler (Single appearance)
• Hex Morton (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Professor Loomis (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Star City

Items:

• Trick Arrows

Vehicles:

• Arrowcar

Notes

• Shining Knight's final fully Golden Age appearance.
• One additional story was written, as a chapter for a Seven Soldiers of Victory adventure, but not drawn or published until much later, in Adventure Comics #438, Mar/Apr 1975.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Adventure Comics series

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