Adventure Comics
#429
(September-October 1973)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 39
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-06-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #97.
[no title indexed]
Black Orchid / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-3223
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Orchid [Susan Linden-Thorne]
- Reprints
-
in The Comic Reader (TCR Publications, 1971 series) #97 [black & white copy]
-
Challenge to the Black Orchid
Black Orchid / comic story / 14.5 pages
- Script
- Sheldon Mayer (credited)
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marcos Pelayo
- Job Number
- J-1934
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She appears where there is evil
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Orchid [Susan Linden-Thorne]; Barry De Morte; Sam Hendricks; Mala Miles; Daphne Wingate; Cindy Harper
- Synopsis
- The Black Orchid tells Barry De Morte he has 24 hours to turn himself into police for his past crimes.
- Reprints
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #7 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?
The Shadow / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as M W Kaluta)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed as M W Kaluta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Shadow (DC, 1973 series) #1 (October-November 1973), with cover shown, and advertised as "On Sale July 12".
[no title indexed]
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- J-3156
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Editor: While it was more than...
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Keith Griffin and Jay D. Baker.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Neal Adams; Michael Wm. Kaluta (illustrations)
- Inks
- Mike Royer; Neal Adams; Michael Wm. Kaluta (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Etrigan the Demon [Jason Blood]; The Shadow [Lamont Cranston]
Pirate's Revenge
Captain Fear / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Steve Skeates (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño)
- Inks
- Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3005
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You finally stumble ashore...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Captain Fear
- Synopsis
- Captain Fear is captured and sold into slavery.
- Reprints
-
in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([1982])
-
- Keywords
- pirate; slavery
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Black Orchid -
1.
Challenge to the Black Orchid
Black Orchid -
2.
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?
The Shadow -
3.
["Dear Editor: While it was more than..."]
Dateline: Adventure -
4.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
5.
Pirate's Revenge
Captain Fear
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