Adventure Comics
#490
[Direct]
(February 1982)
- Volume
- 48
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-11-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Len Wein (credited) (editor); Mike W. Barr (credited) (associate editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (consulting editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (president; publisher); Joe Orlando (credited) (vice president, editorial director); Karen Berger (credited) (editorial coordinator); Jack Adler (credited) (vice president-production director); Bob Rozakis (credited) (production manager); Paul Levitz (credited) (manager of business affairs); Arthur Gutowitz (credited) (treasurer)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
Into the Abyss... ...and out Again into Madness
Dial H for Hero / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as
PEREZ [no spaces]) - Inks
- Bob Smith (signed as Smith)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-792
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Vicki Grant; Chris King
- Reprints
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Into the Abyss
Dial H for Hero / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (writer)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- J-7879
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Christopher King; Vicki Grant; Squid; Tempest [Vicki Grant]; The Abyss; Radarman [Christopher King]; Stuntmaster [Christopher King]; Starburst [Vicki Grant]
- Synopsis
- Chris and Vicki stop the Squid but get trapped inside the villain known as The Abyss.
Indexer Notes
Chapter One
Tempest was created by David Hoffman.
The Squid was created by Lester English.
The Abyss was created by Robert A. Buethe.
Radarman was created by Dave Elyea.
Stuntmaster was created by Martin Walsh.
Starburst was created by Heloise Doucet.
Chapter II: The Other Side of Nowhere!
Dial H for Hero / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited) (writer)
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Rodin Rodriguez (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Christopher King; Vicki Grant; Stuntmaster [Christopher King]; Starburst [Vicki Grant]; The Abyss; Blackjack; Shadow Master [Christopher King]; Centaurus [Christopher King]; The Serpent; Deflecto [Christopher King]; Worm Man [Christopher King]; Spinning Jenny [Vicki Grant]; Spectro [Christopher King]; Air Master [Christopher King]; The Sting [Christopher King]; The Attacker [Christopher King]; Galaxy [Christopher King]
- Synopsis
- Chris and Vicki are trapped in two different locations by The Abyss, but both dial up some new heroes until they find one that can get them home.
Indexer Notes
Blackjack was created by Stephen DeStefano.
Shadow Master was created by Stephen Berezowecki.
Centaurus was created by David T. Satterlee.
The Serpent was created by Joseph Harding.
Deflecto was created by Darin Hackenbrook.
Worm Man was created by Robbie Halvorson.
Spinning Jenny was created by Paul Speidel.
Spectro was created by Eric Mohn.
Air Master was created by Stephen M. Solomon.
The Sting was created by Kevin Flaherty.
The Attacker was created by Kurth K. Koss II.
Galaxy was created by Brett Ziegler.
Chapter III: Battle of the Abyss!
Dial H for Hero / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (writer)
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Christopher King; Vicki Grant; The Squid; The Abyss; Scylla [Vicki Grant]; Topsy-Turvy [Christopher King]; Greg King; Elizabeth King; Gary King
- Synopsis
- Chris and Vicki defeat The Squid and The Abyss for the final time.
Indexer Notes
Feature continues in The New Adventures of Superboy (1980 series) #28.
Scylla was created by Bill Mimbu.
Topsy-Turvy was created by David Wile.
King Family's new furniture was created by John H. Costello Jr.
[no title indexed]
Dial "L" for Letters / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Tamsyn O'Flynn (credited as TOF; Tamsyn O'Flynn) (credited both as TOF and under full name)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-942
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Mark Shanahan, John Zuber, Jr., Jeffrey Lowndes, and Trish Knapp and Ty Engle (signed letter together).
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0.
Into the Abyss... ...and out Again into Madness
Dial H for Hero -
1.
Into the Abyss
Dial H for Hero -
2.
Chapter II: The Other Side of Nowhere!
Dial H for Hero -
3.
Marathon Madman
The Flash; Hostess Cup Cakes -
4.
Chapter III: Battle of the Abyss!
Dial H for Hero -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dial "L" for Letters
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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