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Issue: Adventure Comics #484
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #484 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: 04/28/1981
Volume: 47
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title "Adventure Comics Presents Dial H for Hero."

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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Mr. Negative!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Negative; Rainbeaux [Vicki Grant]; Steadfast [Christopher King]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-655
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Blood Money!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Christopher King; Vicki Grant; Mr. Manelli; Doric; Bounty Hunter; Pupil; Elizabeth King; Gary King; Greg King; Waspman [Christopher King]; Glinda Parks; Frannie Nash; Brad Mann; Vipers (street gang); Weather Witch [Vicki Grant]; Vibro the Quake Master [Christopher King]; The Emerald Tiger [Vicki Grant]
Synopsis: Christopher and Vicki use the H Dials to stop Bounty Hunter and Pupil from killing Mr. Manelli.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #9/1983 published September 1983
as Kopfgeld [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-7383
Disclose Notes: No listed credits. Jensen inker credit derived from The Comic Reader #191.

The Bounty Hunter created by Joseph Beaulier.
Pupil created by Bruce Smith.
Waspman created by Ziggy Czyzycki
Weather Witch created by Donald Ewing
Vibro the Quake-Master created by Tom Young
The Emerald Tiger created by James Devlin
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Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits

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): Superman; Hostess Fruit Pies
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mr. Negative!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Christopher King; Vicki Grant; Mr. Negative; Rainbeaux [Vicki Grant]; Steadfast [Christopher King]
Synopsis: When a homeless person suddenly has the power to infect his negative attitude on those around him Christopher and Vicki must use the H Dials to help him drain off his new power.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #10/1983 published October 1983
as Mr. Negativ [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-7394
Disclose Notes: No credits listed. Credits derived from The Comic Reader #191.

Mr. Negative created by Rudolph M. Minger
Rainbeaux created by Robert P. Lasco
Steadfast created by Richard Hango
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis [as TPS]
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dial "L" for Letters
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-796

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