Adventure Comics
#452
(July-August 1977)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 43
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-04-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893041508
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (story editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.
[no title indexed]
Aquaman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-465
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta; Aqualad [Garth]
- Reprints
-
in Aquaman: Death of a Prince (DC, 2011 series) ([August] 2011) - in Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
- in Aquaman: The Death of a Prince Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) ([March] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Birds of a Feather
Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (of Earth-1); Robin [Dick Grayson] (of Earth-1); Pigeon Person; U.S. Army personnel
- Synopsis
- The Pigeon Person is using giant flocks to steal landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, but Batman and Robin Capture her and stop her from stealing Mount Rushmore by distracting her pigeons with Hostess Cup Cakes.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. An advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff.
Dark Destiny, Deadly Dreams
Aquaman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- J-4639
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Black Manta; the Idylists; Sett; Thoran; General Horgan; Topo; Aquababy [Arthur Curry Jr.] (death); Mera (flashback); Starro (flashback); Ambassador Diez; Mcaan; Syan (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Black Manta forces Aquaman and Aqualad to battle in the arena for the life of Aquababy.
- Reprints
-
in Aquaman Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #4 -
in Aquaman (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #3 (1978) -
in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #14 (septembre 1979) [N&B [B&W]] - in Aquaman: Death of a Prince (DC, 2011 series) ([August] 2011)
- in Aquaman: A Celebration of 75 Years (DC, 2016 series) ([December] 2016)
- in Aquaman: The Death of a Prince Deluxe Edition (DC, 2020 series) ([March] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Series continues in Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #57 (August-September 1977 issue). That issue marks the re-launch of Aquaman in his own title, continuing the numbering of the 1962 series (issue #56 was dated March-April 1971).
[no title indexed]
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L677
[no title indexed]
Aquaman; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (illustration)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-4746
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aqualad; Superboy; Aquaman; Black Manta
- Reprints
- in Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003 series) #142 (April 2023) [Advertisement.]
-
Indexer Notes
Promo for Superboy taking over the spot in Adventure Comics and Aquaman moving to his own title.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Aquaman -
1.
Birds of a Feather
Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes -
2.
Dark Destiny, Deadly Dreams
Aquaman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Dateline: Adventure -
4.
[no title indexed]
Aquaman; Superboy
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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