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Issue: Adventure Comics #1 / 504
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Title:
Variant: 1 Cover
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/12/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194128102500111
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Elisabeth V. Gehrlein (editor); Sean Ryan (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Indicia reads: Adventure Comics #1/Adventure Comics #504 (Variant Cover).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Francis Manapul (signed); Clayton Henry (inset)
Francis Manapul (signed); Clayton Henry (inset)
Brian Buccellato
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy [Conner Kent]; Superman; Lex Luthor; Starman [Thom Kallor] (inset)
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Miscellaneous
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Starman inset taken from interior story.
The Boy of Steel, Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Geoff Johns
Francis Manapul
Francis Manapul
Brian Buccellato
Steve Wands
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang (flashback); Pete Ross (flashback); Mr. Janson [Element Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy] (flashback); Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Simon Valentine; Tellus
Conner settles into his new life, following in the footsteps of Superman -- living with Ma Kent, going to Smallville High, joining a team of super-heroes, and helping anyone who needs help -- but he worries that he will also follow the path of his other "father."
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #690 published September 2009
as What Did Superman Do? [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview of pages 6-10, re-titled from "The Boy of Steel Part One", with Superboy's checklist items 2-4 renumbered as 1-3
FlagPower Girl #3 [Amanda Conner Cover] published September 2009
as What Did Superman Do? [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview excerpt
FlagJustice Society of America #29 published September 2009
as What Did Superman Do? [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview excerpt
FlagFinal Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #5 [unnamed variant] published September 2009
as What Did Superman Do? [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview excerpt
FlagSupergirl #43 [Direct Sales] published September 2009
as A Special Preview of Adventure Comics #1 [Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]preview
 
Miscellaneous
22
Element Lad's posing as Mr. Janson is revealed in Adventure Comics #8.
Long Live the Legion, Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Geoff Johns
Clayton Henry
Clayton Henry
Brian Reber
Sal Cipriano
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superman [also as Superboy]; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Duplicate Damsel [also as Triplicate Girl]; Brainiac 5; Phantom Girl; Night Girl; Shadow Lass; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Girl; Shrinking Violet; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Timber Wolf; Lightning Lass; Sun Boy; Polar Boy; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Tellus; Element Lad; Dream Girl; Blok; XS]; Martha Kent (flashback cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback cameo); Krypto; R. J. Brande (flashback cameo); Superboy [Conner Kent]; Despero; Morgan Edge
Though the Legion has almost fully re-formed in the future, Starman and Tellus remain in the present, where Starman begs Tellus to help him fulfill R. J. Brande's final request so he can be reunited with his one true love, Dream Girl.
Reprinting
FlagDC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 published February 2012
as Long Live the Legion, Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The identifications of Shadow Lass and Night Girl are switched. Invisible Kid does not actually appear, but is identified, so presumably he was there, but invisible. An unidentified Legionnaire is previewed becoming a Green Lantern.

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