Adventure Comics # 182, November, 1952

Some fun stories this ish with the GREEN ARROW tale being best in my opinion. Neat ads, too, including a great ad for trains and yet another reminder that school inkpens used to need filling. 

Adventure Comics # 181, October, 1952

I'm probably off-base with this since Timely's Sub-Mariner was already gone and the Atlas revival had yet to occur. That said, doesn't this issue's "evil Aquaman" vaguely resemble a blond Namor in a few panels?

Adventure Comics # 180, September, 1952

The guy making the speech on the cover looks quite a bit like Edward Brophy, an actor who, among other things, was sort of the inspiration for Green Lantern's sidekick, Doiby. 

With the Korean War came a boom in war comics with DC then as later having some of the best.

Adventure Comics # 179, August, 1952

Remember when "Wackiest" was spelled with an "h?" Whackiest? Neither do I. 

I always think of JOHNNY QUICK as an urban strip but here's an atypical tale set in the great outdoors with a Paul Bunyan theme.

Adventure Comics # 178, July, 1952

This theme would also be revisited a number of times.

An early example of DC's gorilla fetish.