Although, this looks like a standard category, it is in fact a little bit of an oddity.
As most of our comics could be classified in one way or another as 'adventure' this would mean
that we would have a massive amount of titles in this section.
So, what we have decided to do was to gather together adventure comics that do not appear
in any other of the mainstream categories. This should then give them a bit more exposure,
just in case they get overlooked.
The result is we have a rather interesting collection of titles, many of which are a little bit quirky.
We have 435 titles and 13,573 issues in our 'Adventure Category' for you to enjoy.
Adventure Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Dolf Staal |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1954 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Non-English: | Dutch Language Books |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime |
| Description: | Dutch landscape comic from 1954 which was a giveaway from Spar, a chain of small stores/convenience stores, founded in The Netherlands in 1932.
This 6 issue run featured art by Georges Mazure, brother of Alfred Mazure of Dick Bos fame. The format is interesting ... |
| Domino Noir |
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| Non-English: | French Language Books |
| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Detective |
| Description: | French Canadian pulp from the mid '40's.
Simon Antoine, millionaire, fights crime as Domino Noir, aided by the young reporter from Le Midi newspaper. |
| Don Z |
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| Available: | 60 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1959 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Adventure | Masked / Mystery Men |
| Description: | Don Z is one of many Zorro type characters - masked, caped, armed with sword, he is a classic freedom fighter and wrighter of wrongs. This Spanish series appeared originally in landscape format, published by Editorial Maga, Valencia. |
| The Dreadnought |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1912 |
| To: | 1915 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Adventure | Humor | Crime |
| Description: | The Dreadnought was a short-lived Boy's Story Paper, published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on March 9th 1912 and ran until June 12th 1915 for a total of 171 issues.
It had a number ... |
| El Duende |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Adventure | Masked / Mystery Men | Superhero | Fantasy / Whimsey |
| Description: | A genuine superhero, El Duende was a Spanish landscape comic published by Editorial Maga, Valencia.
As with many comics and characters from European countries, this hero appeared again in France in the mid '70's, re-named as Le Spectre, in a slightly ... |
| Dynamite |
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| Available: | 10 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 9 |
| From: | May 1953 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 9 |
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| Publisher: | Comic Media |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| En Patufet |
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| Available: | 52 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1904 |
| To: | 1938 |
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| Non-English: | Catalan Language Books |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | Humor |
| Description: | En Patufet was an illustrated children's magazine, written in Catalan, published in Barcelona (Catalonia), between 1904 and 1938. Later, between 1968 and 1973, was resumed under the name Patufet. It had a great popularity to the point that the word patufet ... |
| El Encapuchado |
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| Available: | 27 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | 1946 |
| Seq: | 27 - 27 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Adventure | Detective |
| Description: | Landscape weekly published by Exclusivas Gerpla, Barcelona. Printed by Imp Moderna, Paris. Featuring the adventures of the hooded crimefighter, El Encapuchado. Art by Adriano. 1946 |
| Escape |
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| Available: | 219 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| Shows: | 230 |
| From: | Jul 1947 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production ... |
| The Face |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | 1941 |
| To: | 1943 |
| Seq: | 1 - 2 |
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| Publisher: | Columbia |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Five Cent Wide Awake Library |
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| Available: | 10 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Seq: | 1 - |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | The Five Cent Wide Awake Library was published by Frank Tousey based in New York, USA.
Published weekly from 1878 to 1896 it ran for a total of over 1350 issues.
It featured mainly western and adventure stories.
Tousey was the first publisher to issue a dime ... |
| Flyin' Jenny |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1939 |
| To: | 1946 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Adventure | Leading Ladies | Aviation |
| Description: | Flyin' Jenny created by Russell Keaton, made her maiden flight October 1939. Virginia Dare, to give her correct name was a test pilot at the Starcraft Aviation Factory. Appearing at the beginning of World War II Flyin' Jenny would not last long after ... |
| Frank Merriwell |
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure |
| Description: | Frank Merriwell first appeared in a series of novels and short stories by Gilbert Patten, who wrote under the pseudonym Burt L. Standish. The model for all later American juvenile sports fiction, Merriwell excelled at football, baseball, basketball, crew and track ... |
| Frank Reade Library |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Adventure | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Frank Reade was the protagonist of a series of dime novels published primarily for boys. The first novel, Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, an imitation of Edward Ellis's The Steam Man of the Prairies (1868), was written by Harry Enton and serialized ... |
| Frank Reade Weekly Magazine |
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| Available: | 34 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 96 |
| From: | 1902 |
| To: | 1904 |
| Seq: | 1 - 96 |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure |
| Description: | Frank Reade, the 19th century's most popular science fiction hero helped lay the groundwork for modern science fiction. The stories began with "Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, or, The Terror of the West." Written by Harold Cohen under ... |
| Frank Starr's American Novels |
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| Available: | 20 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 221 |
| From: | 1869 |
| To: | May 1877 |
| Seq: | 1 - 221 |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Adventure | Western | Native Americans |
| Description: | "Frank Starr having purchased the entire stock, stereotype plates, copyrights, good-will, etc. of the American Novel Series, has reconstructed the business
1st. By canceling from the list two-thirds of those hitherto published in the series, as not being ... |
| Frantic Stein |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | Frantic Stein had a short run during 1947, and was drawn by George Mercer (October 1, 1923 - August 12, 2012). He was a prolific cartoon and comic strip artist.
An African American, his work also includes: "Solid Senders", "Rickey", "Arline's ... |
| Frogmen |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 10 |
| From: | May 1962 |
| To: | Nov 1964 |
| Seq: | 2 - 11 |
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| Publisher: | Dell Comics / Western Publishing |
| Categories: | Adventure | Water / Boats |
| Description: | Issues 2-11 only through issue 8 are copyright pre 1964 when renewals were needed. They do not show up as renewed. |
| Fulgor |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 48 |
| From: | 1953 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 48 |
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| Non-English: | Dutch Language Books |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure |
| Description: | This is the Dutch strip published in Lilliput/Picollo format - landscape, 1 tier high.
Art by Augusto Pedrazza, story could be by Pedrazza or perhaps Roberto Renzi. |
| Golden Arrow Archives |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Categories: | Western | Adventure |
| Description: | Golden Arrow is a fictional hero who first appeared in his own strip in Fawcett Comics' Whiz Comics #02 (February 1940). The series ran until 1953 when Whiz Comics ceased publication. He also appeared in his own named magazine for 5 issues between 1942-1946.
Golden ... |
| The Green Lama |
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| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | The Green Lama was an American pulp magazine hero of the 1940s. The Green Lama is an alias of Jethro Dumont, a rich resident of New York City, born July 25, 1903, to millionaire John Pierre Dumont and Janet Lansing. He received his A.B. from Harvard University, ... |
| Gulf Oil: Gulf Funny Weekly |
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| Available: | 43 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Apr 1933 |
| To: | May 1941 |
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| Section: | One Title Publishers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Humor | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Eastern Color's sales manager Harry I. Wildenberg approached the Gulf Refining Company to produce a weekly giveaway, titled Gulf Comic Weekly. The Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries gives the date of the first issue as April 28, 1933. The title ... |
| The Halfpenny Surprise |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Halfpenny Surprise was a British magazine published by Edwin J. Brett based in Fleet Street, London, UK.
Published weekly from November 1894 to April 1906, it ran for a total of approximately 600 issues. The title was then changed to New Surprise.
It featured ... |
| Happy Days |
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| Available: | 26 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1563 |
| From: | Oct 1894 |
| To: | 1924 |
| Seq: | 1 - 1563 |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | School | Children / Teenagers | Adventure |
| Description: | A dime novel "paper for young and old" published in New York by Frank Tousey.
This was a continuation of the paper "Boys of New York" and contains some reprinted stories from that series.
Also sub-titled "A Paper for Young Americans" ... |
