(November-December 1974)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing:
- Joe Orlando (Editor); 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 JA] (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Aparo [as JA] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; occult
- Characters:
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
- Reprints:
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #38 (October 1975)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #2 (June 1988)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([May] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)
- Keywords:
- observatories; sea monsters
The Gasmen and... the Spectre
The Spectre / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Michael Fleisher (signed); Russell Carley (script continuity) (signed)
- Pencils:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number:
- J-3698
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; occult
- Characters:
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Earl Crawford (freelance magazine writer); Bob (Newsbeat Magazine editor); Marian (auto show model, death); Simms; Field Marshall Offal (villain, death)
- Synopsis:
- Lt. Corrigan investigates the deaths of patrons at a local car show by lethal gas, such as that used in World War I, not realizing that this mass killing is a part of "Operation Green Cloud," a demonstration to city officials who are being asked to cough up $1 billion or risk more guerilla attacks!
- Reprints:
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #38 (October 1975)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #2 (June 1988)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([May] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012)
Indexer Notes
The Earl Crawford character next appears in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #98 (March 1981) in the Dr. Thirteen, Ghostbreaker feature.
The King is Dead; Long Live the King!
Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils:
- Mike Grell
- Inks:
- Mike Grell
- Colors:
- John Albano Jr.
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- J-3600
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad; the Bugala; Black Manta
- Synopsis:
- Aquaman fights Black Manta.
- Reprints:
- in Gigant (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #2/1976 (March 1976)
- in Aquaman: Death of a Prince (DC, 2011 series) #[nn] (May 2011)
Dateline: Adventure
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
- Job Number:
- J-3692
Indexer Notes
LOC from readers Mike Verderosa, Robert Greenberger, Bob Rodi and Steve Clement.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Gasmen and... the Spectre
The Spectre -
2.
The King is Dead; Long Live the King!
Aquaman -
3.
Dateline: Adventure
Dateline: Adventure
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