Adventure Comics #485 [Direct]
(September 1981)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
47
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-05-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor); Mike W. Barr (credited) (associate editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Writer, penciller, and inker credits are on last page under the form to submit a hero.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Enter: The Evil Eight! (Table of Contents)

Dial H for Hero / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors
Tatjana Wood (sourced)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-668
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Destroy these new super-heroes, my faithful ones--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Vicki Grant; Chris King
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The Evil Eight! (Table of Contents: 1)

Dial H for Hero / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Dennis Jensen (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (sourced)
Job Number
J-7426
Genre
superhero
Characters
Vicki Grant; Chris King; Evil Eight [Chondak; Ice King; Piledriver; Maniak; Phantasm; K-9; Arsenal; The Familiar]
Synopsis
Chris and Vicki battle the Evil Eight, who work for the Master.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Chapter One. Credits are on last page of comic.

Chondak created by Nelson Jimenez; Ice King created by Marshall Ferguson; Hummingbird created by Stephen Moore; Gravity Boy created by Jeffrey Odenweller; Piledriver created by David Wile; Hydra created by Alicia Shing; Blast Boy created by Gilbert Fein; Maniak created by Stephen Cappiello; Phantasm created by Sixto Miguel; K-9 created by George Longley II; Arsenal created by Roger Banham; Familiar created by Ben Stillwell.

Fruit Pies for Magpies (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dial "L" for Letters / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited as Ted P. Skimmer)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-819

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jeffrey Lowndes, Frank Titone.

Chapter Two: No Freedom for Fairfax! (Table of Contents: 4)

Dial H for Hero / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (sourced)
Job Number
J-7427
Genre
superhero
Characters
Vicki Grant; Chris King; Evil Eight [Chondak; Ice King; Piledriver; Maniak; Phantasm; K-9; Arsenal; The Familiar]
Synopsis
Chris and Vicki continue their battle with the Evil Eight.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits are on last page of comic.

Hyptella created by Christopher Kraska; Electrostatic created by J.P. Thill.

Chapter 3: In Final Combat (Table of Contents: 5)

Dial H for Hero / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (sourced)
Job Number
J-7428
Genre
superhero
Characters
Vicki Grant; Chris King; Evil Eight [Chondak; Ice King; Piledriver; Maniak; Phantasm; K-9; Arsenal; The Familiar]
Synopsis
Chris and Vicki defeat the Evil Eight.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits are on last page of comic.

Lumino and Sonik created by Karl Heitmueller.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter: The Evil Eight!
    Dial H for Hero
  2. 1. The Evil Eight!
    Dial H for Hero
  3. 2. Fruit Pies for Magpies
    Batgirl; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Dial "L" for Letters
  5. 4. Chapter Two: No Freedom for Fairfax!
    Dial H for Hero
  6. 5. Chapter 3: In Final Combat
    Dial H for Hero
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  • Lou Mazzella
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  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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