Adventure Comics #146
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Substitute Superboy!" from Adventure Comics #146 (1949), a mix-up involving a lost formula leads to a chain of mistaken identities and comedic chaos. When Professor Rutherford misplaces his synthetic uranium formula, Johnny (a young man with a knack for solving problems) takes it upon himself to track it down—only to discover the paper was never mailed at all. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Ralph Mayo, with inks also by Mayo, the story unfolds with a clever twist that hinges on a simple, overlooked detail. Cover by Ralph Mayo.
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Absent minded Professor Rutherford misplaces the sheet of paper on which his formula for synthetic uranium is written. Thinking he might have mailed it that morning to his secretary. Johnny gets governmental permission to deliver then check on the contents of every letter in the city, all to no avail. After this tremendous feat, the professor recalls having placed the paper in his inside pocket. But he actually slipped it into that of his adjacent guest Tubby Watts. They check but it is not there, when Tubby remembers using it to wrap a piece of cake to eat later.
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