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Issue: Adventure Comics #418
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 02/29/1972
Volume: 38
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Face of the Dragon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
It's too late for me -- please save yourself!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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The Face of the Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Jonny Double (guest); Nasthalthia Luthor; Dr. Tzin-Tzin (villain)
San Francisco never sleeps, it just pauses to catch its breath.
Reprinting
FlagSuper Adventure Comic #52 published January 1972
as The Face of the Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
18
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Death's Strange Deputy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, occult
The Phantom Stranger; Velie; Adam; District Attorney Caldwell
He didn't know who he was -- or where he came from -- or why he was destined to serve as... Death's Strange Deputy!
Evil magician Velie uses the help of a hypnotized deputy district attorney to murder D.A. Caldwell. The Phantom Stranger steps in and thwarts the plot.
Reprinting
FlagThe Phantom Stranger #2 published October 1952
was Death's Strange Deputy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Follow The Phantom Stranger through mystic adventures in every issue of his own spine-chilling magazine...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
House ad for The Phantom Stranger #19, including a small cover reproduction.

Ad says: "Next issue on sale on or about Mar. 9th"
Direct Currents

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Okay, readers, I'm back - the Big E, with another column on DC coming attractions!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Previews column highlighting DC Super Spectacular #185 (DC-12), Ghosts #5, Our Army At War #245, Wonder Woman #200, Justice League of America #97, Our Fighting Forces #137, World's Finest Comics #211, Son of Tomahawk #140 and Phantom Stranger #19.
Circle of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Black Canary; Bertha Kane
Presenting an all new adventure of the lovliest lady crime-fighter of them all... The Black Canary
Reprinting
FlagSuper Adventure Comic #52 published January 1972
as Circle of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #491 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
as The Canary and the Cat! Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as The Cat and The Canary (Part One) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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Inker credits confirmed by Dave Cook & Alex Toth (February 18, 2004).

Continues next issue.
The Sight Stealers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Dr. Mid-Nite
A rare find -- from the Golden Age of Comics --
Reprinting
FlagJustice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue #[nn] published July 2000
as The Sight Stealers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
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A previously unpublished and uncompleted inventory story circa 1948, given to Sal Amendola to ink. Artist unknown.
Kubert and Tarzan together in a blockbuster from DC

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Tarzan
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for Tarzan #207, the first DC published issue. Ad says: "On sale on or about Feb. 29".

Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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