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
| The Smart Set |
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| Available: | 79 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1900 |
| To: | 1930 |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure | Humor | Romance |
| Description: | The Smart Set was an American literary magazine, founded by Colonel William d'Alton Mann and published from March 1900 to June 1930. During its heyday under the editorship of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, The Smart Set offered many up-and-coming ... |
| La Sombra Justiciera |
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| Available: | 48 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 47 |
| From: | 1954 |
| To: | 1957 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v1 47 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Superhero | Adventure | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men |
| Description: | The masked crimefighter La Sombra Justiciera was created by prolific scriptwriter J. B. Artes and drawn by Emilio Giralt Ferrando. Published by Editorial Ferma of Barcelona, the series ran from 1954 to 1957, a total of 47 issues. There was also an annual, dated ... |
| Spicy Adventure |
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| Section: | Action and Adventure |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | Spicy-Adventure Stories was a monthly pulp magazine published by Culture Publications based in New York, USA.
It ran from July 1934 to December 1942 for a total of 95 issues.
It contained adventure stories of a risqué nature and the covers reflected this, ... |
| The Spirit |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1952 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Fiction House |
| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Masked / Mystery Men |
| Description: | THE SPIRIT (Fiction House) 1952 Series,
No. 1, Spring 1952 - no. 5, 1954.
Will Eisner's classic hero from the comic strips and earlier run in Quality. |
| Sport Thrills |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | Nov 1950 |
| To: | Nov 1951 |
| Seq: | 11 - 15 |
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| Publisher: | Star Publications |
| Categories: | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | Issues 11-15 with the first three issues later as Accepted reprints. |
| Supreme Feature Comic |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 33 |
| From: | 1944 |
| Seq: | 1 - 33 |
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| Section: | Australian & New Zealand Comics |
| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | War / Armed Forces | Aviation |
| Description: | Supreme Feature Comic is considered to be the longest running original New Zealand comic with 33 known issues in existence. Artists are not credited although the bulk of the comic is the work of Harry (Henry) William Bennett, an Australian cartoonist. Bennett ... |
| Tailspin Tommy |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | May 1928 |
| To: | Mar 1942 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Aviation | Adventure |
| Description: | In the 1920s, aviation adventure had as much high-tech glamor as space travel did a half-century later. And after 1927, when Charles Lindbergh became the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, non-stop - all of a sudden, the American public couldn't ... |
| Tailspin Tommy |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Children / Teenagers | Aviation |
| Description: | Tailspin Tommy an air adventure comic strip was originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from 1928 to 1942.
Living in Littleville, ... |
| El Temible Pirata |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Pirates | Adventure | Romance |
| Description: | Pirate adventure comic. Landscape. Published by Editorial Grafidea, Barcelona.
Only 6 issues were believed to exist but recently #7 came to light. Although there is an ad for a next issue in #7, it was never published.
Art/covers by Jose Maria Bellalta Suarez. ... |
| Terciopelo Negro |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Adventure | Romance | Masked / Mystery Men | Pirates |
| Description: | The adventures of Terciopelo Negro are set in historical Venice. The man in the velvet domino mask fights villainy on the canals and through the alleys and palaces of city.
1954. Published by MAGA
Art by Jose Ortiz Mayo. Early covers by Jose Ortiz Mayo; later ... |
| Terrors of the Jungle (1952) |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | May 1952 |
| To: | Feb 1953 |
| Seq: | 17 - 21 |
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| Publisher: | Star Publications |
| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure |
| Description: | Oddly, even though the issue numbering is higher, this series comes before the books of the same title with lower issue #s. |
| Terrors of the Jungle (1953) |
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| Available: | 6 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 7 |
| From: | Apr 1953 |
| To: | Sep 1954 |
| Seq: | 4 - 10 |
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| Publisher: | Star Publications |
| Categories: | Adventure | Jungle |
| Description: | Strangely enough even though it has lower issue #s, this is the second series of this title published by Star. |
| Terry and the Pirates |
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| Available: | 24 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 24 |
| From: | Apr 1947 |
| To: | Apr 1951 |
| Seq: | 3 - 26 |
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| Publisher: | Harvey Comics |
| Categories: | Adventure | Children / Teenagers | Comic Strip Spinoff | Pirates |
| Description: | (1947 Series)
April 1947 - April 1951
Issues: 24 (#3-26)
Tracking: Numbering continues from BOY EXPLORERS COMICS (Harvey/Family Comic) 1946 Series,
Continues as TERRY AND THE PIRATES (Charlton) 1955 Series #26. This created a situation where there ... |
| Terry and The Pirates |
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| Available: | 58 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1934 |
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| Section: | Newspaper Comic Strips |
| Categories: | Adventure | Children / Teenagers | Pirates |
| Description: | A classic adventure comic strip, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates.
Caniff's masterful work on Terry garnered him the very first Cartoonist of the Year award in 1946 as well as the nickname "the Rembrandt of the comic strip."
What ... |
| Terry and the Pirates |
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure |
| Description: | Terry and the Pirates radio serial was adapted from Milton Caniff's 1934 comic strip. With storylines of action, high adventure and foreign intrigue, the series entralled listeners from 1937 through 1948.
The central character, Terry Lee, was portrayed ... |
| The Second Pimpernel |
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| Available: | 3 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | 1947 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v8 |
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| Section: | Translated Books - Scanilations |
| Categories: | Superhero | Crime | Adventure |
| Description: | Scanlations of "De Tweede Pimpernel". Ster Serie Beeldromans, written and drawn by Siem Praamsma, and published by him in late 1947, published as a reprint by W. A. Polder, bv Nederland, during the 1970s. Translation from Dutch to English by Robb_K |
| Thrill Comics |
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| Available: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 35 |
| From: | 1940 |
| To: | 1950 |
| Seq: | 1 - 35 |
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| Publisher: | Gerald G. Swan |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Adventure | Crime |
| Description: | Weekly? title which ran from 1940 - 1950 with a run of 35 issues plus specials. |
| Thriller Comics Library |
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| Available: | 195 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 122 |
| From: | 1953 |
| To: | Feb 1957 |
| Seq: | 41 - 162 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | This legendary series of 68 page, digest sized comics, published by The Amalgamated Press, commenced on 1st. November, 1951. Initially 2 issues per month, both released on the same day. Many excellent artist were employed on these books, although as a number ... |
| The Thriller |
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| Available: | 176 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Feb 1929 |
| To: | May 1940 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Crime | Detective | Masked / Mystery Men | Adventure |
| Description: | British weekly "pulp" featuring well written and illustrated, fast moving and atmospheric crime and mystery stories. Some well known authors and characters appeared in The Thriller incl. The Saint, Shadow, Blackshirt, Mr. Preed, J.G. Reeder. Writers ... |
| Thrilling Adventures |
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| Available: | 1 Book |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1931 |
| To: | 1943 |
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| Section: | Action and Adventure |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | Thrilling Adventures was a monthly pulp magazine published by Metropolitan Magazines Inc. based in New York, USA.
Thrilling Adventures was created by editor Leo Margulies and was patterned after the pulp 'Adventure'. It was one of 16 pulps that Margulies ... |
| Tiger Girl Archives |
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| Section: | Jungle Compilations |
| Categories: | Jungle | Adventure | Leading Ladies |
| Description: | Tiger Girl first appeared in Fight Comics #32 (June 1944) published by Fiction House.
She appeared a further 33 times in Fight comics, plus 12 appearances in Jungle Girls and 11 appearances in Jungle Comics.
Tiger Girl, also known as Princess Vishnu, was a jungle ... |
| Tiger Tim's Weekly |
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| Available: | 13 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Jun 1919 |
| To: | Jun 1940 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Funny Animals | Humor | Adventure |
| Description: | Tiger Tim's Weekly was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
Tiger Tim made his first appearance in a colour supplement to 'The World And His Wife', a weekly paper aimed at domestic servants. He then ... |
| Tip Top Weekly |
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| Available: | 850 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 850 |
| From: | Apr 1896 |
| To: | Jul 1912 |
| Seq: | 1 - 850 |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | Tip Top Weekly was a magazine, published by Street & Smith, which ran for more than 800 issues. It began April 19, 1896 with an August 12, 1912 title change to New Tip Top Weekly. Making a 1915 transition from a story-paper tabloid to a standard pulp magazine ... |
| Tony Trent |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | 1948 |
| To: | 1948 |
| Seq: | 3 - 4 |
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| Publisher: | Columbia |
| Categories: | Adventure |
