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Cover: John Prentice

My Greatest Adventure #1

Jan 1955 · DC · 0.10 USD
📊 ~17,222 copies sold its debut month
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Contains 7 stories
I Was King of Dagger Island!
8 pp · Adventure, Drama
First-Class Seaman Eddie Doyle, U.S.N.Lieutenant Howell
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
JerryGloria
I Hunted a Flying Saucer!
7.67 pp · Adventure, Science Fiction
John Marston (pilot)Mr. Denning

Pilot John Marston’s routine flight over Nevada takes a strange turn when he collides with a mysterious flying saucer—only to find his plane unharmed upon inspection. When he returns to the site and is warned off by a voice from the craft, his attempts to prove the encounter are met with disbelief, even after a blank photo and a lie detector test clear him. The story ends with Marston flying east at 19,000 feet, vanishing without a trace.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
Shorty
Trapped by a Twister!
2 pp · Drama
JimEdna

In the wide-open plains of Oklahoma, Jim and Edna race against the sky as a violent twister barrels toward them. With only a flimsy wagon for cover, they brace for the storm’s fury as the world around them is torn apart.

My Cargo Was Death...
6 pp · Adventure, Drama
Howie PrescottBarneyhis brother Eddie

In the sweltering heart of the South American jungle, wildcatter Barney takes on a perilous mission to transport a mysterious barrel—only to find it leaking a harmless substance. When he’s ambushed and his brother Eddie shows up, the truth behind the deception begins to unfold, revealing a plan built on sacrifice and misdirection.

Primitive Hunter
1 pp
JansenCarlos

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Raw (Good) $231
CGC 8.0 · 5 in census $2,474
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $1,219*
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $1,219
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $850
CGC 6.0 · 6 in census $664
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $558*
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CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $531*
CGC 4.5 · 7 in census $427
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $339
CGC 3.5 · 12 in census $313
CGC 3.0 · 4 in census $254
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $251*
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $214*
CGC 1.5 none in existence
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CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $108*
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Full credits

artist, inker Leonard Starr
cover pencils, inks John Prentice

Reprints

Reprinted in My Greatest Adventure #1 (1955), My Greatest Adventure #3 (1955), Big Boy #1 (1956), Tales of the Unexpected #104 (1967), Big Boss #1 (1970), Rima, the Jungle Girl #4 (1974), Big Boss #50 (1981), Mi Gran Aventura #132

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