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Issue: Adventure Comics #438
Publication Date: March 1975
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Issues: #438 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/31/1974
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #113.
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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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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 5 in grade and only 3 examples 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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The Museum of Fear!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #3 published July 1988
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Adventure Comics #438 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3860
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Mrs. Penny; Herman Miller (postman, death); Mr. Kenny; unnamed Professor (villain, death); unnamed lab assistants (villains, all die)
Synopsis: The Ghostly Guardian must halt the insane activities of the curator of the Museum of Natural History, who, in his spare time, has specific occupational people kidnapped and brought to the museum, where he treats the bodies for "special exhibits" he has constructed in the basement of the facility.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagHorror #42 published February 1976
as Das Gespenst spukt im Museum der Angst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #3 published July 1988
as The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: JA-3782
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3866
Disclose Notes: Letters from Nathan Keever, Andy Whitehead and Bill Reynolds.
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Land of Magic! Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Vigilante; The Star Spangled Kid; Stripesy; The Crimson Avenger; Wing; The Shining Knight; Green Arrow; Speedy]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-3394
Disclose Notes: An unpublished script from the 1940s.
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Chapter 2: Knight After Knight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-3395

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