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Issue: Adventure Comics #440
Publication Date: July 1975
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Issues: #440 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: 04/29/1975
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 #117.
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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:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover
 
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CGC Graded
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: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as Adventure Comics #440 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3986
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Spy

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Second Death of the... Spectre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; God (voice); Louie (villain, street vendor, death); "Ducky" McLaren (villain, death); Mitch (villain, death); Mugsy (villain, death); Al (villain, death)
Synopsis: Jim Corrigan is returned to human form from his ghostly duty as the Spectre only to be gunned down by "Ducky" McLaren. Corrigan becomes the Spectre again and takes his vengeance on the McLaren gang.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWrath of the Spectre #[nn] published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagWrath of the Spectre #3 published July 1988
as The Second Death of the... Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Spectre #1 published June 2012
as The Second Death of the... Spectre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-3804
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous issue. Series continues in Dr. Thirteen, Ghostbreaker feature in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #97-99 (February-April 1981), by different talent, then with inventory scripts left by Fleisher with new Aparo art in Wrath of the Spectre #4 (August 1988).
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Chapter 4: Kings Make a Full House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Crimson Avenger; Wing
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: J-3398
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-3978
Disclose Notes: Letters from David LeMay, Jo Duffy, and Bob Rodi.

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