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Issue: Adventure Comics #462
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #462 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/12/1978
Volume: 45
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041504
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #163.
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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 size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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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 highest graded and 1 of only 3 to ever reach this top tier. 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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Death of Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Robin (of Earth-2); Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Superman (of Earth-2); Flash [Jay Garrick]; Power Girl; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Batman (of Earth-2)]; Alfred (of Earth-2); Wonder Woman (of Earth-1, inset); Flash [Barry Allen] (inset); Deadman (inset); Aquaman (inset)
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 published November 2011
as Adventure Comics #462 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-921
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Dateline: Adventure Comics

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes an editorial note, a table of contents, and the indicia. Art credits from the artist.
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Only Legends Live Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Robin (of Earth-2); Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Power Girl; Superman [Kal-L] (cameo); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wonder Woman (of Earth-2); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page was originally intended as the cover of All-Star Comics #75, repurposed here as the title page of the second half of the story originally intended for All-Star Comics #75.
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Prologue: What Has Gone Before...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Power Girl; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Fate]; Police Commissioner Bruce Wayne; Bill Jensen (villain)
Synopsis: Jensen rages that Commissioner Wayne has evaded his revenge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5682
Disclose Notes: New pages to recap the first two chapters of the story originally intended to be printed in All-Star Comics #75.
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Chapter 3: The Legend Lives Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Batman [Police Commissioner Bruce Wayne] (death); The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Robin (of Earth-2); Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Dr. Fate; Huntress [Helena Wayne]]; Bill Jensen (villain); Catwoman [Selina Kyle Wayne] (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis: Wayne escapes into the tower and its City Museum where he finds a Batman costume. Despite recalling his vow to leave his Batman persona behind after the death of his wife, he decides he has no other choice but to put on the costume one last time and face Jensen. As Batman, he joins the reviving Justice Society in fighting Jensen, eventually making his way to the criminal where they die together as a result of Jensen's terrible power, just as Jensen reveals that Batman is Bruce Wayne.
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In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #3/1980 published January 1980
as Prolog - Wie alles anfing… (Legenden sterben nicht) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #3/1980 published January 1980
as Teil 3 - Die Legende lebt weiter! (Legenden sterben nicht) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #3/1980 published January 1980
as Epilog (Legenden steben nicht) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice Society #2 published April 2007
as Only Legends Live Forever! [Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: All-Star Comics #1 published November 2011
as Only Legends Live Forever! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is the third part of the story originally intended to be printed in All-Star Comics #75. The Catwoman flashback refers to the Huntress origin story in DC Super Stars (DC, 1975 series) #17.
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Epilogue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice Society of America [Dick Grayson [Robin] (of Earth-2); Helena Wayne [Huntress]; Dr. Fate; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Power Girl; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Starman [Ted Knight] (cameo); Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (cameo); Star-Spangled Kid (cameo); Superman [Kal-L] (cameo); Dr. Mid-Nite (cameo); Hourman [Rex Tyler] (cameo); Wonder Woman (of Earth-2, cameo); Batman (of Earth, as spirit)]
Synopsis: After Bruce Wayne's funeral, Helena and Dick agree that neither of them should take up the mantle of the Batman, but should continue to fight crime as The Huntress and Robin. Back at JSA Headquarters, Fate informs the other active JSAers that the fight is not yet over, for they need to uncover where a common criminal like Jensen got such great power.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This the fourth and final part of the story originally intended to be printed in All-Star Comics #75. However, the story continues in the following issue.
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Volume 78 Issue 49 - Week of December 11, 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The She-Demon of the Astral Plane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Jake Forrest
Synopsis: Flash must rescue Iris' astral form when it is captured by a she-demon of the astral plane.
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In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #43 published September 1979
as Im Jenseits verschollen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5828
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The Sins of the Father--!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Cleveland Brand; Lita Brand; Vashnu; Mr. Solomon (villain); Lorna Brand; Inga Hill; Alexi Kronsky (villain)
Synopsis: Deadman learns that his new sister-in-law's father has built a machine that turns thought into matter. Mr. Solomon and his men attack the circus to get it, but Alexi Kronsky destroys them. But has the power driven Kronsky mad?
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Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5850
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Voyage of the "Sorcerers Lost"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Justice League of America [Batman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Superman] (flashback); Wonder Woman; Sargon the Sorcerer (villain); Hippolyta; Merlin; Houdini; Cagliostro; Athena; Aphrodite; Mike Myers; Jennifer Clark; Paradise Island
Synopsis: Wonder Woman battles Sargon the Sorcerer to free him from the evil influence of his gem.
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In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #44 published January 1979
as Die Irrfahrt der "Verlorenen Seele" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5627
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Executive Action!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Mera; Dr. Vulko; Mr. Amos (villain)
Synopsis: Aquaman continues to attack the UFP company that is doing destructive farming outside of Atlantis. But King Vulko doesn't believe Aquaman's claims, and places him under arrest.
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In Content Item: FlagAquaman Album #5 published June 1980
as The Hand That Feeds the Earth… [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-5628
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-201
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; Deadman; Aquaman; Wonder Woman (of Earth-1); Sargon the Sorcerer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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