(May-June 1974)
- Volume:
- 40
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (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
Issue Notes
Comic title appears (on cover only) as Weird Adventure Comics.
[no title indexed]
The Spectre / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jim Aparo [as J.A.] (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Aparo [as J.A.] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-3520
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; occult
- Characters:
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Swami Seelal
- Reprints:
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #1 (May 1988)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([May] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)
- Keywords:
- crystal balls; seances
The Swami and... the Spectre
The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Michael Fleisher (signed); Russell Carley (art continuity) (signed)
- Pencils:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number:
- J-3236
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; occult
- Characters:
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; Mr. Vandergilt (death); Mrs. Vandergilt; Swami Seelal (villain, death); Smiley (villain, death)
- Synopsis:
- Lt. Corrigan begins to investigate the murder of a construction engineer, whose wife is being bilked by a phony swami. However, problems arise when Gwen steps in and discloses to the swami that the policeman is actually the Spectre.
- Reprints:
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #1 (May 1988)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([May] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)
Revolt and Revenge!
Captain Fear / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils:
- Alex Niño
- Inks:
- Alex Niño
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- J-3267
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Captain Fear
Dateline: Adventure
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Orlando
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-3456
Indexer Notes
LOC from readers Paul Kupperberg, David Hulbert, Scott Gibson and Paul Edwards.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Swami and... the Spectre
The Spectre -
2.
Revolt and Revenge!
Captain Fear -
3.
Dateline: Adventure
Dateline: Adventure
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