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Issue: Adventure Comics #493
Publication Date: November 1982
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Issues: #493 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: 07/20/1982
Volume: 47
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (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
First Line: Presenting... the triumphant return of... the Challengers of the Unknown!
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-948
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Presenting Another Sensational Issue of Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
Includes indicia at bottom of page.
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When Destiny Calls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ted Skinner; Betty Timmons
First Line: There is a line most people will not cross -- a line which marks the boundary between the safe and familiar and those horrors that we fear!
Synopsis: Origin story retold.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story is "Dedicated to the power and majesty of Jack Kirby."
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Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Zynthia; Fryd Kallor (flashback); Mira Kallor (flashback); Janet (on movie screen)
First Line: Holy cow! You want me to patrol Xanthu for you, Star Boy?
Synopsis: Superboy and Lana meet Star Boy, a new Legion recruit.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #282 published March 1961
was Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Lightning Lad is still referred to as Lightning Boy in this story. Star Boy's powers similar (not identical) to Superboy's; story is partially rewritten from Adventure #195 (December 1953).
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Is This My Foe?..

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Narkran; Storm (a seahorse)
First Line: Far from the kingdom of Atlantis... continuing the search for Mera, his captured queen... Aquaman nears the colony of the savage Marzons...
Synopsis: Aquaman encounters his old foe Black Manta and wonders if the villain is behind Mera's abduction.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAquaman #42 published November 1968
was Is This My Foe?.. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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A Nightmare Called Gorgonus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
Character(s): Jeff Sloane; Gorgonus
First Line: Night has set uncomfortably about the shingled shoulders of the proud old Edison Theater...
Synopsis: Gorgonus returns to battle Zatanna.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #419 published May 1972
was A Nightmare Called Gorgonus! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Hi, Supergirl!
Synopsis: Supergirl and Brainiac 5 become the newest members of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #276 published May 1961
was Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Captain Marvel and the Twisted Powers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joe Bloe; Hephaestus
First Line: Holy moley! There's something wrong here -- I'm supposed to do the fighting, not Billy!
Synopsis: Captain Marvel's powers have vanished, but Billy seems to have them.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #50 published December 1945
was The Twisted Powers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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And Now a Word from Our Library...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Would you believe ADVENTURE #491 has only been on sale a week, and we're already getting mail trumpeting the return of comicdom's oldest title?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original issue numbers and dates for the reprinted stories in the last three issues, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491-493.
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The Ghost of Ace Chance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, superhero
First Line: Ace Chance was a gambler, a cheat, a con man -- and a loser!
Synopsis: The villainous ghost of Ace Chance occupies the body of Jim Corrigan - shutting the Spectre out.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #64 published September 1966
was The Ghost of Ace Chance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
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The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Our chronological reprinting of the adventures of the Legion of Super-Heroes rolls on this month with their fifth and sixth appearances.
Synopsis: Paul Levitz provides commentary on the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Gorgonus; Ace Chance
First Line: Aquaman face-to-face with his greatest foe: Black Manta!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Previews of the stories in the issue.
Back cover.

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