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Issue: Adventure Comics #446
Publication Date: July 1976
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Issues: #446 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: 04/29/1976
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041508
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comics Reader #129.
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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 3 in grade and only 4 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 Manta-Ray Means Murder

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Black Manta; Mera (inset); Aquababy [Arthur Curry Jr.] (inset); Aquagirl [Tula] (inset); The Creeper (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as The First Five Hundred Issues [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAquaman: Death of a Prince #[nn] published August 2011
as Adventure Comics #446 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4279
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Superman Saves the Earth

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Manta-Ray Means Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Aquababy [Arthur Curry Jr.]; Topo; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Aqualad [Garth]; Aquagirl [Tula]; Black Manta; Karshon [The Shark]
Synopsis: Aquaman and team battle Black Manta to save Aqualad. But it appears Black Manta is behind some of Aquaman's troubles in Atlantis!
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In Content Item: FlagAquaman #2 published January 1977
as Der tödliche Strahl des Manta! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1978 published May 1978
as Mantas hämnd! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #3/1978 published June 1978
as Mantastråler betyr død [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAquaman Album #3 published June 1979
as Toxxin's Raiders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAquaman: Death of a Prince #[nn] published August 2011
as The Manta-Ray Means Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-4257
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Justice for All Includes Children, 5

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mind Over Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; Dr. Joanne Russell; Hugo Marlies; Vernon Maddux
Synopsis: The Creeper battles a "robot" manipulated by the telekinetic powers of a scientist. But can he stop it before the scientist makes his competitor jump out a window?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-4209
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4280

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