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Issue: Adventure Comics #492
Publication Date: October 1982
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Issues: #492 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/08/1982
Volume: 47
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Satan; Supergirl; Brainiac 5
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Continuing the Legend That Is Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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...Battle With the Gods!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Set; Ahriman; Cernobog; Tezcatlipoca
Synopsis: The Marvels and Kid Eternity defeat Satan and his band of gods.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-8282
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The Trail of the Ring!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Vulko; Narkran; Aqualad; Zancol; Aquagirl (cameo); Aquababy [Arthur Curry, Jr.](cameo); Mera (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Aquaman continues his quest to find the missing Mera.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAquaman #41 published September 1968
was The Trail of the Ring! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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The Three Super-Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid]; Superman
Synopsis: The Legion wants to induct Supergirl, but Red Kryptonite ages her past their limit, forcing her rejection.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #267 published August 1960
was The Three Super-Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the third appearance of the Legion of Super Heroes; first appearances of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Invisible Kid.
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The Canary and the Cat! Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo flashback); Bertha Kane (villain, President of the Women's Resistence League); Marcy (villain); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain, cameo) (cameo)
Synopsis: Black Canary awakes in the back of a truck and learns that she is being taken on a 450 mile trip to intercept a prison car containing the League's true leader: the Catwoman!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #419 published May 1972
was Circle of Doom, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Title taken from this story's appearance in BLACK CANARY ARCHIVES (DC, 2001).
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The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis
Synopsis: Ex-convict "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis seeks revenge on the Sandman.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #85 published April 1943
was The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lightning Lad; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)
Synopsis: Lex Luthor uses Green Kryptonite against Superboy in a new and deadly way, but Lightning Lad saves his friend.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #86 published January 1961
was The Army of Living Kryptonite Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Beyond the Sinister Barrier!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Shathan the Eternal; Azmodus (flashback)
Synopsis: The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #61 published March 1966
was Beyond the Sinister Barrier! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Stories
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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