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Issue: Adventure Comics #456
Publication Date: March 1978
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Issues: #456 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/27/1977
Volume: 44
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041504
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
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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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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.8 NM/MT
This Pristine Near Mint/Mint CGC 9.8 from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree collection is the highest graded ever certified by CGC, and is 1 of just 2 examples ever certified at this top tier. Additionally, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation, White Pages, making this the finest example attainable.
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This Power... This Responsibility!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; the Superboy Revenge Squad (just an illusion)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1983 published July 1983
as Superboy im Super-Test [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-645
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Sable Lady

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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This Power... This Responsibility

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; the Superboy Revenge Squad (an illusion); Pete Ross; Lana Lang; Bash Bashford; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; The Thought Explorers
First Line: The sun shines brightly this blue December day, as participants in the Smallville Winter Carnival bear witness to an unscheduled entertainment...
Synopsis: A strange alien race sets up a test to see what will happen when Superboy thinks he has crippled his friend Bash Bashford.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1979 published January 1979
as Hvorfor akkurat jeg? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #7/1983 published July 1983
as Testversuch: Superboy, Erde! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: J-4977
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Editor, after reading the new Teen Titans, I was beginning to think DC didn't know how to handle teen-age super-heroes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-859
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Michael Christiansen and Carol A. Strickland.
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A Word About the Fight of the Century

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Now that we've gone the distance, I can tell you the truth about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali.
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Pages: 1

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