Adventure Comics
#487
[Newsstand]
(November 1981)
- Volume:
- 47
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893113011
- Editing:
- Len Wein
- Format:
- Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
[no title indexed]
Dial "H" For Hero / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru
- Inks:
- Dick Giordano
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-730
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Avatar [Christopher King]; Kismet [Viki Grant]; Crimson Star; Radiator
Indexer Notes
Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
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To Die Twice... In Fire and Ice
Dial "H" For Hero / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Dennis Jensen
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- J-7631
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Avatar [Christopher King]; Kismet [Viki Grant]; Crimson Star; Radiator; Brad Mann; Mr. Dash; Frannie; Glinda
- Synopsis:
- The Dial H For Hero kids stop two villains from wrecking a rocket designed to fix the hole in the ozone layer.
- Reprints:
-
in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #14 (Januar 1984)
-
Clean Sweep
Red Tornado / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Red Tornado
Indexer Notes
Hostess Ad.
[no title indexed]
Dial "L" For Letters / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis [as Ted Skimmer]
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-850
To Charm a Serpent
Dial "H" For Hero / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- George Kashdan
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- J-7604
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Plant Mistress [Viki Grant]; Wind Rider [Christopher King]; Snakeman [Professor Ralston]; Detective Gregory King; Psi-Fire [Christopher King]; Sea Mist [Viki Grant]
- Synopsis:
- Chris King and Viki Grant use the H dials to save the town from a giant snake.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Dial "H" For Hero -
1.
To Die Twice... In Fire and Ice
Dial "H" For Hero -
2.
Clean Sweep
Red Tornado -
3.
[no title indexed]
Dial "L" For Letters -
4.
To Charm a Serpent
Dial "H" For Hero
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