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Issue: Adventure Comics #435
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #435 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1974
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Comic title appears (on cover only) as Weird Adventure Comics.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.
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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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.4 NM
From the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection. Certified at CGC's solid 9.4 Near Mint tier. Adding to its desirability, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best 9.4 attainable.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #2 published June 1988
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Adventure Comics #435 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3671
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Blurb: "The Return of Aquaman!"

The woman on the cover was previously identified as Gwendolyn Sterling. It is unlikely it was intended to be her since the cover appears to be based on two panels in the book (page 8 with a red-haired hostage (light red not auburn brown like Gwen's) in a purple dress and page 12 with The Spectre appearing out of a flame).
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The Man Who Stalked the Spectre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford (introduction, freelance magazine writer); Jerry Grandenetti (villain, death); Mitch Grandenetti (villain, death); unnamed Grandenetti (villain, death)
Synopsis: A freelance writer for Newsbeat Magazine is intrigued by all of the weird deaths of criminals in the city and is convinced some unearthly being is responsible for it, so he decides to track this being down.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #2 published June 1988
as The Man Who Stalked the Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as The Man Who Stalked the Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-3584
Disclose Notes: Despite Gwen Sterling's appearance in the cover rendition of a scene from this story, she is not in the story itself.

The character of Jerry Grandenetti presumably named in homage to the artist of the same name who worked on the previous Spectre series.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Aquaman; The Spectre
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3614
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Arlen L. Schumer, Sam Hopkins, Raymond Johnson and Brian Schuck.
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As the Undersea City Sleeps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Black Manta; Mera; Dr. Vulko
Synopsis: Black Manta has been using a chemical to put farmers from Atlantis to sleep and stealing their crops.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAquaman: Death of a Prince #[nn] published August 2011
as As the Undersea City Sleeps [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Aquaman stories resume as backups after previous cancellation of Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #56 (April 1971).

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