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Issue: Adventure Comics #437
Publication Date: January 1975
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Issues: #437 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: 10/31/1974
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #111.

Comic title appears (on cover only) as Weird Adventure Comics.
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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 In13
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.6 NM+
This CGC 9.6 upper Near Mint from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection is the second highest graded example ever certified, with only 4 examples graded slightly higher at 9.8. Adding to its desirability, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best 9.6 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: FlagShock Classics #46 published January 1975
as De levende bommen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #11/1975 published November 1975
as Menneskebombene [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #40 published December 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Adventure Comics #437 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Human Bombs and... the Spectre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; unnamed Police Captain; Mr. Vanderhaven (death); Sims (bank employee); Mr. Lynch (bank President); Smedley (bank employee); unnamed scientist (villain, death); Bernie (villain, death)
Synopsis: The Spectre must combat an evil scientist who has created a Hypno-Wheel, an invention that puts prominent people into a state of hypnosis, and whom he uses as human bombs to commit bank robberies.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #11/1975 published November 1975
as Menneskebombene og Spøkelset [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #40 published December 1975
as Die menschlichen Bomben und... das Gespenst [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #3 published July 1988
as The Human Bombs and... The Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as The Human Bombs and... the Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-3746
Disclose Notes: The 2005 collected edition lists Jim Aparo as letterer.
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A Quiet Day in Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Black Manta; Mera
Synopsis: Aquaman is attacked by Black Manta.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as En stille dag....? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Svarta mantan kommer igen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAquaman: Death of a Prince #[nn] published August 2011
as A Quiet Day in Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.5
Job Number: J-3602
Disclose Notes: Paul Levitz, in an interview with Rik Offenberger published at ComicsBulletin on August 20, 2003, talks about this story; his first solo super-hero writer assignment: "My first stories were actually in Weird Mystery and Ghost Castle; I only "graduated" to Aquaman in Adventure thanks to Bill Finger. Bill had come in on a Friday to deliver, and was supposed to have two scripts, but only had one done. The check he wanted to pick up was for both, and although Joe [Orlando] wasn't in, I wasn't going to hold back a paycheck for Batman's co-creator... even though Bill was legendary for delivering late and having excuses. But Bill never delivered that story because he died, and by the rules of the time, I was responsible for making up the pages. I asked Joe to let me do something more fun than a mystery story since I had to do it free, and he let me have the Aquaman assignment, and I got to work with Mike Grell. What fun!"
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A Never Before Published Classic!!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for the never-published Golden Age story newly-drawn and starting in the next issue. Grell art per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Jim Aparo.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3779
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Bob Rodi, J. Edward Planck and Scott Gibson.

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