(September-October 1973)
- Volume:
- 39
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1973-06-28
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando (Editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (Assistant Editor)
- 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
Challenge to the Black Orchid
Black Orchid / comic story / 14.5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Sheldon Mayer
- Pencils:
- Tony DeZuñiga
- Inks:
- Tony DeZuñiga
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-1934
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Black Orchid
["Dear Editor: While it was more than..."]
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-3156
Indexer Notes
LOC from readers Keith Griffin and Jay D. Baker.
Direct Currents
Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (illos)
- Inks:
- ? (illos)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Demon; Batman; Shadow
Pirate's Revenge
Captain Fear / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils:
- Alex Niño
- Inks:
- Alex Niño
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-3005
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Captain Fear
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?
The Shadow / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks:
- Michael W. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Shadow
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Shadow (DC, 1973 series) #1 (October-November 1973), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale July 12".
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Challenge to the Black Orchid
Black Orchid -
2.
["Dear Editor: While it was more than..."]
Dateline: Adventure -
3.
Direct Currents
Direct Currents -
4.
Pirate's Revenge
Captain Fear -
5.
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?
The Shadow
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