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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: DC
Title: Adventure Comics
Page Count: 52
Genre: Children, Humor, Superhero, Teen
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: December 1947
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Country: United States
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.; 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.; 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!; 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.