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Issue: Adventure Comics #473
Publication Date: July 1980
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Issues: #473 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/22/1980
Volume: 46
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041507
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #178.
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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 9.6 NM+
This CGC 9.6 upper Near Mint from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection is the second highest graded example ever certified, with only 2 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 Roller-Coaster to Chaos!; Twixt Hammer and Anvil!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man; Starman
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Starman [Prince Gavyn]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-364
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Midway Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Woozy; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Lowbrow; Granetta Bloch; Max Largesse; G. Hapwell Medean
Synopsis: Woozy and Plastic Man, with the help of Granetta Bloch, capture the killers of Granetta's sister Cindy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #1 published April 1983
as Lowbrow and Granetta Bloch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-6616
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A Flash in the Dam

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Flash; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Flash [Barry Allen]; The Destroyer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dateline: Adventure
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-535
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'Twixt Hammer and Anvil!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Clryssa; Merria; Jediah Rikane; Mn'torr; Rychen; Oswin
Synopsis: While Starman rescues Clryssa, Merria returns to the home world only to learn that Oswin has been declared Regent.
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In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #2/1981 published February 1981
as Die Kaiserin der Galaxis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6621
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Answer Man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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Number 62 Frank Chiaramonte

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Pages: 0.4

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