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"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

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"

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  • Jeb Williams (Single appearance)

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  • Mr. Andrews (Single appearance)

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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"

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

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

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Synopsis for Johnny Quick: "Tubby, the Terrible Titan"


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

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

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

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Synopsis for Green Arrow: "The Iron Archer"


Appearing in Green Arrow: "The Iron Archer"

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

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  • Professor Loomis (Single appearance)

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  • 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.



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