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Issue: Adventure Comics #478
Publication Date: December 1980
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Issues: #478 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 46
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-468
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Grand Illusion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Steve Mitchell
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman
Character(s): Aquaman; Black Manta (imposter, not the real Black Manta); Cal Durham; Mera; Oconn; Dr. Vulko
Synopsis: Black Manta and his army of misfits attack Atlantis but are stopped by Aquaman in an unusual way.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAquaman #6 published January 1981
as Totale Täuschung [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6949
Disclose Notes: Feature continues in Action Comics #517.
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Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Superman; Tara Cobol; Fortran
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dateline: Adventure
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-636
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...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Mn'torr; Jediah Rikane; Merria
Synopsis: Mn'Torr gives his life and the last of his power to Starman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #4/1981 published April 1981
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6988
Disclose Notes: Storyline concludes in DC Comics Presents #36.
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A Night at the Nuthouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; T. Foster Fabricent; Sam Spudd; Minnastroni; Lucky
Synopsis: While working at the Old Gumshoe Sanitarium, Woozy stumbles onto a plot to steal some artwork.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Feature continues in Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #43.

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