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Issue: Adventure Comics #409
Publication Date: August 1971
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Issues: #409 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/29/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.8 NM/MT
This CGC 9.8 pristine Near Mint/Mint from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection is the single highest graded example of this issue. Adding to its desirability, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White Pages, making this example the very best 9.8 attainable.
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Invasion of the Mer-Men!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Geoffrey Anderson
First Line: Geoff! Who did this horrible thing to you?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1310
Disclose Notes: Pencils formerly credited to Art Saaf based on an apparently unused cover, job #J1313, prepared for this issue.
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Invasion of the Mer-Men! Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Johnny Drew; Geoffrey Anderson
First Line: We warn you. Do not try to stop us!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Sonderausgabe #6 published January 1981
as Die Meermenschen kommen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: M-254
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Fight with Fire Drake

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Johnny Drew; Geoffrey Anderson; Fire Drake; Alura; Zor-El
First Line: A few days after Supergirl's victory over the alien Mer-Men, we find her, as Linda Danvers, aboard a yacht in San Francisco Bay...
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1972 published September 1972
as Ilddraken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #49 published ?
as Fight with Fire Drake [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1289
Disclose Notes: Opening caption connects this story to the previous story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1309
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from future comics writer and "DC Answer Man" Bob Rozakis.
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Part I: The Condemned Legionnaires!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lass; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Phantom Girl; Supergirl; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy]; Night Girl; Polar Boy
First Line: From out of the unknown comes a mysterious doom that strikes only at the girl members of The Legion of Super-Heroes!
Synopsis: After the female Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus, Satan Girl wants to take their place. But when she attacks the girls, Supergirl tries to solve the mystery of who she is.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #313 published October 1963
was The Condemned Legionnaires! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: J-1316
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Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Sun Boy; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Lightning Lass; Shrinking Violet]; Night Girl; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Comet; Streaky; Beppo; Krypto]
First Line: In the most terrific struggle of her career, Supergirl battles with mighty Satan Girl across half the universe in a valiant attempt to save her comrades, the girl Legionnaires!
Synopsis: Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #313 published October 1963
was [The Condemned Legionnaires!] Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67

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