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Issue: Adventure Comics #400
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 10/29/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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 (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The 35th Anniversary -- 400th Issue

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Black Flame
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FlagAdventure Comics #500 [Direct Sales] published June 1983
as The First Five Hundred Issues [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Return of the Black Flame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Black Flame [Zora Vi-Lar]; Inventor (introduction); L. Finn (introduction); Toymaster (introduction); Phantom Zone inhabitants [at least 9 unnamed prisoners]
While still working out the kinks in her new costume, Supergirl squares off against two old enemies and finds herself battling an army of toys.
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M-229
A robot duplicate of Streaky the Super-Cat appears.
The World's Fastest Big Racers!

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Subject Matter
Comic strip-style ad for SSP Racers toy cars.
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Miscellaneous
1
Located between p. 6 and 7 of the main story.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Details of upcoming DC Comics releases.
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Miscellaneous
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Located between p. 15 and 16 of the main story.
New - The Magic of Kirby!

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Miscellaneous
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Ad promoting three new Jack Kirby titles soon to be launched by DC: The Forever People, The New Gods and Mister Miracle. Located between p. 15 and 16 of the main story.
More for Your Money ... And Better

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Ad for upcoming issues of Action Comics and Son of Tomahawk.
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Located between p. 18 and 19 of the main story.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Supergirl (boilerplate illustration)
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Miscellaneous
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M-235
Letters of comment from Gregory Kent, Jeff Haskins, Selina Zane and Connie Wagner.
DC Takes Top Honors at Comic Art Convention!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Daily Planet
Report on Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Dick Giordano and Neal Adams winning multiple awards at the Comic Art Convention held in New York City from July 3-5, 1970. Includes portraits of the four artists (uncredited).
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Miscellaneous
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Presented in the style of a Daily Planet front page. In the late 1970s DC will use this format for a regular "Daily Planet" feature announcing upcoming releases.

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