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Issue: Adventure Comics #486
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #486 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: 06/30/1981
Volume: 47
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor, credited); Mike W. Barr (associate editor, credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor, credited)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "ADVENTURE COMICS PRESENTS DIAL H FOR HERO."

On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In3
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Hell on Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Grockk; Firegirl; Vicki Grant [Sulphur]; Christopher King [Brimstone]
Synopsis: Grockk and Firegirl battle Sulphur and Brimestone.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-693
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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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): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top half of inside front cover.
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Can't Find DC Comics on the West Coast?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for independently owned comics shops in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Brought to you by The Funny Pages, Berkeley, California.
On bottom half of inside front cover.
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Hell on Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Grockk; Firegirl; Thaddeus Oxford; Vicki Grant [Puma; Sulphur]; Brad; Christopher King [Enlarger Man; Brimstone]; Greg King; Roger Dunbar
Synopsis: Grockk, son of the Devil, creates Firegirl out of an experiment of Professor Oxford's, and intends to use her to rule the world. However, the Dial H heroes defeat him when Firegirl decides the humans deserve her help. Meanwhile, Vicki and Brad get back together and she refuses to talk to Chris when they are not superheroes.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1983 published November 1983
as Hölle auf Erden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1983 published November 1983
as Angst über Fairfax ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-7498
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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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for bubble gum.
Between pages 4-5 of "Hell on Earth" story.
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Lights... Camera... Crime!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
Character(s): Batman; Crime Director
Synopsis: Batman foils the robbery of a bank, made to look like a movie shoot, by distracting the Crime Director's gang with Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Hostess Cup Cakes from Continental Baking Company.
Between pages 9-10 of "Hell on Earth" story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-840
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Joshua Adam Bilmes, Tim Wahowske, and Robert Buethe.
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Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Life Savers
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Life Saver logo premiums, including flashlight, sleeping bag, and knapsack.
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Here Come the Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Christopher King; Vicki Grant; Roger Dunbar; Brad
Synopsis: The tale of how Vicki and Chris found their H-E-R-O dials in an old chest in the house Chris' family moved into.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #16 published January 1984
as Ein unglaublicher Fund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-7715
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The Plight of the Flight Pirate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sky Raider; James Grant; Samatha Grant; Greg King; Vicki Grant [Sparrow Hawk]
Synopsis: Vicki runs a solo mission to recover a Rembrandt painting from the Sky Raider, who stole it from her father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-7499
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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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads in classified format for comics, magic trick novelties, body building, martial arts training, baseball card collecting suplies, Vacutex blackhead remover, and more. S. Schwarz & Co. agent.
Between pages 3-4 of Flight Pirate story.
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Now You Can Dial "H" for Hero

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Christopher King; Vicki Grant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Form for submitting character and story ideas for this comic to DC Comics. Notes that ideas used will receive a t-shirt.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for greeting cards and gifts.
On inside back cover.
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Drive the Fastest Cars in the World

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): Magnum 440 toy cars
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Magnum 440 toy cars from Tyco.
On back cover.

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