Adventure Comics Vol 1 189

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Adventure Comics Vol 1 #189

Published

Released

June, 1953

April 24, 1953

Issue Details
Pages 44 Country USA Original Price 0.10

Executive Editor

Jack Schiff

Cover Artists

Win Mortimer

Publisher

DC Comics

Indicia Publisher

National Comics Publications, Inc.

Brand/Imprint

Superman DC National Comics

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Appearing in "The Girl of Steel"

Featured Characters:

•  Superboy 

Supporting Characters:

• Lana Lang

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

• Lewis Lang
• Sarah Lang
• Martha Kent
• Jon Kent
• Joan (Single appearance)
• Bob (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Smallville

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "The Girl of Steel"

A magic belt Lewis Lang brings back from Easter Island gives Lana super-powers. She becomes Sky-Girl, a lead-masked heroine, and gives Superboy competition in Smallville.

Appearing in "The Nautical Treasure Hunt"

Featured Characters:

• Aquaman

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Unnamed Con-Men (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Joe (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Atlantic Ocean

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "The Nautical Treasure Hunt"

When engine trouble forces a passenger plane to lighten its load, cargo is thrown into the ocean. Amongst the cargo is a chest of diamonds. They are insured, but the insurance company offers a reward for their recovery. Treasure hunters begin a search for the sunken chest. Aquaman must rescue several inexperienced divers, so he vows to retrieve the chest. When he finds it empty, he suspects that the diamonds were never in the chest. He replaces the diamonds with ice, then returns with the filled chest. The crooks who took the real diamonds give themselves away when they see the ice. They caused the plane trouble in order to jettison the fake ice diamonds, keeping the real ones and the insurance money in the process.

Appearing in "Too Many Speed Kings"

Featured Characters:

• Johnny Quick

Supporting Characters:

• Tubby Watts

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

• Professor Rollins (Single appearance)
• Slowboat Sloan (Single appearance)
• Jones (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Philadelphia
• South America

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "Too Many Speed Kings"

Johnny Chambers visits the lab of Professor Rollins, a chemist. Rollins has created a speed formula which he secretly gives to Johnny. Johnny Quick is forced to use his speed and give away his secret identity, but the professor believes the formula works. To protect his identity, Johnny must convince the professor that the formula works and also that it should not be used. Rollins distributes the chemical to a boxer and waiter. Johnny uses his own speed to fake theirs and convinces them to stop using the formula. Then he also convinces the professor.

Appearing in "The Legion of 100 Archers"

Featured Characters:

•  Green Arrow 

Supporting Characters:

• Speedy

Adversaries:

• Unnamed Gangsters (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Star City

Items:

• Trick Arrows

Vehicles:

• Arrowcar
• Arrowplane
  
  

Synopsis for "The Legion of 100 Archers"

Green Arrow is voted in as a member of the Legion of 100 Archers, but Speedy gets blackballed and can't join, but that's just part of a cunning plan of Green Arrow's; Speedy does get voted in at the end of the story.

Notes

• "Too Many Speed Kings" is reprinted in The Flash #205.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Adventure Comics Vol 1 189 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Adventure Comics series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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