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Issue: Adventure Comics #418
Publication Date: April 1972
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Issues: #418 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: 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
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Face of the Dragon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl
First Line: It's too late for me -- please save yourself!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1611
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The Face of the Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Jonny Double (guest); Nasthalthia Luthor; Dr. Tzin-Tzin (villain)
First Line: San Francisco never sleeps, it just pauses to catch its breath.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #52 published January 1972
as The Face of the Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: J-1548
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Death's Strange Deputy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): The Phantom Stranger; Velie; Adam; District Attorney Caldwell
First Line: He didn't know who he was -- or where he came from -- or why he was destined to serve as... Death's Strange Deputy!
Synopsis: 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
From Content Item: FlagThe Phantom Stranger #2 published October 1952
was Death's Strange Deputy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: J-1533
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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
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Phantom Stranger #19, including a small cover reproduction.

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

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Okay, readers, I'm back - the Big E, with another column on DC coming attractions!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Circle of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Canary; Bertha Kane
First Line: Presenting an all new adventure of the lovliest lady crime-fighter of them all... The Black Canary
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #52 published January 1972
as Circle of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #491 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
as The Canary and the Cat! Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBlack Canary Archives #1 published March 2001
as The Cat and The Canary (Part One) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-1496
Disclose Notes: Inker credits confirmed by Dave Cook & Alex Toth (February 18, 2004).

Continues next issue.
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The Sight Stealers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Mid-Nite
First Line: A rare find -- from the Golden Age of Comics --
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In Content Item: 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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-1531
Disclose Notes: A previously unpublished and uncompleted inventory story circa 1948, given to Sal Amendola to ink. Artist unknown.
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Kubert and Tarzan together in a blockbuster from DC

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tarzan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-1618

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