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Issue: Adventure Comics #483
Publication Date: July 1981
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Issues: #483 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 47
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zeep; Echo; Music Master; Ariel; White; Black; Gladator; Wildebeest.
First Line: I want these new super-heroes dead...
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-633
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Catch More Fish, Bigger Fish...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Lure
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for patented, self-propelled fishing lure.
On inside front cover.
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Games Villains Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chris King; Vicki Grant; Games-Master; Joker (flashback)
Synopsis: Chris and Vick battle the Games-Master, who shot Mr. King.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Schurkenspiele [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-7362
Disclose Notes: Games-Master created by Robert A. Buethe; Zeep and Thumbelina created by Stephen DeStefano; Lightmaster created by Jeffrey Johnson; Tiarra Star created by Jeanette Fuller, Matter Girl created by Perry Rhome; Molecule Man created by David Harris; Echo created by Jeffrey Albretch (Jeff Albrecht?); Music Master created by David Austin Hunt.
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Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bubble Yum
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for bubble gum.
On first page between pages 4-5 of previous story.
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We Are Looking for a Few Good Boys and Girls

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top of second page between pages 4-5 of previous story.
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Deadly Efficient Attack and Defense

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Southwest Academy of Fighting Arts
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for martial arts course.
On bottom of second page between pages 4-5 of previous story.
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Gold for Dessert

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Plastic Man; Woozy Winks
Synopsis: Woozy enlists Plastic Man to capture a crook at the Gottrox Ball, which he does using Twinkies as a decoy.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies from Continental Baking Company in comic strip format.
Between pages 8-9 of the previous story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-781
Disclose Notes: Letters by J. P. Thill, Kevin W. Fischer, Dave Burns, Graham Wang, and Brad Horning.
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Beware the Wildebeest, My Son!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chris King; Vicki Grant; Wildebeest; King Faraday
Synopsis: Chris and Vicki battle the Wildebeest.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1983 published July 1983
as Die Wildbestie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-7364
Disclose Notes: Wildebeest created by John Herbert; Ariel created by Francisco Garcia; Gladiator created by Jeff and Erica Zonder, Josh and Jenny Gubkin; Black and White created by Wayne Hastings.
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Write Right Now!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads in classified format for for body building, comics, the "Pocket Math-Wizard" book, martial arts training, poems set to music, the March of Dimes, and more. S. Schwarz & Co. agent.
Between pages 5-6 of the previous story.
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Hey Kids! Win a Year's Supply of Life Savers Candies!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Life Savers
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for candies and a sweepstakes.
Between pages 9-10 of the previous story.
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Now You Can Dial "H" for Hero

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chris King; Vicki Grant
Synopsis: Form to submit superhero ideas for future issues of Dial "H" for Hero.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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100 pc. Toy Soldier Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lucky Products, Inc.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for toy soldiers.
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Super Gifts & Gimmicks

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fun Factory
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for toys and novelties.
On inside back cover.
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Radical!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jox shoes; Thom McAn
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Jox shoes from Thom McAn.
On back cover.

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