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Issue: Adventure Comics #480
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #480 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
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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: 47
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Jack C. Harris (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
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.6 NM+
This CGC 9.6 upper Near Mint from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection is the second highest graded example ever certified, with just 1 in grade and only 1 example graded slightly higher at 9.8. Adding to its desirability, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best 9.6 attainable.
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Illustration on Cover, Front		 1 C-568 Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Now Your Comfortable Old Sneakers Can Last Forever!
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 0.3   Ad for shoe sealant from Maximum Mail Mart.
On inside front cover.
Are You Too Short?
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 0.7   Ad for "The Height Increase Method" by William A. Reldnas.
On inside front cover.
The Riddle of the Sphinx!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 8 J-7235 Creative credits from release form page.

Sphinx created by David Wile; Mister Mystical created by Jeff Anderson; Molecular Maiden created by Dennis Trachim.
Now the Number Yum Taste Is Even Yummier.
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 1   Ad for bubble gum.
On first page between pages 4 and 5 of the previous story.
We Are Looking for a Few Good Boys and Girls
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 0.5   Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top of second page between pages 4 and 5 of the previous story.
You Made Us Do It!
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		 0.5   House ad for club.
On bottom of second page between pages 4 and 5 of the previous story.
Old Gold
Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)		 1   Ad for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company.
Heartstopping Action
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		 0.5   Top half house ad for Detective Comics and Superboy. Letters credit from Todd Klein.
Each Month --
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		 0.5   Bottom half house ad for The Warlord.
Thunder Over Fairfax!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 8 J-7236 Creative credits from release form page.

Thunder Axe created by Joe Johnson; Hypno Girl created by Elliott Buchholz; Star Flame created by Terrence Mohammed.
$ave Money: Subscribe Now!
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		 1   House ad for subscriptions to DC Comics. Credits from Klein.
Between pages 4 and 5 of the previous story.
For a World of Fun...Grow Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 1   Ad for Sea-Monkeys from Transcience Corporation.
The Circus Psycho!
Story on Interior Page(s)		 8 J-7237 Creative credits from release form page.

Battering Ram created by David Wile; Midnight Wisp created by William Wong; Solar Flare created by Bob Skinner; Strato-Girl created by Michael Bise; The Wrangler created by Tom Reed.
Write Right Now!
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 1   Ads in classified format for high school rings, toys and novelties, comics, body building, martial arts training, the March of Dimes, and more.
Between pages 4 and 5 of the previous story.
Now You Can Dial "H" for Hero
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)		 1   Release form for submissions to Dial "H" for Hero.
Earn Famous Name Prizes or Earn $1.00 a Box Cash
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 1   Inside back cover.

Ad for earning prizes selling Christmas cards and other stationary by the Olympic Sales Club, Inc. from Enfield, Connecticut.
Truckin'
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)		 1   Ad for large scale truck model kits.
On back cover.
 
 

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