Adventure Comics
#418
(April 1972)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly (semi-monthly, Mar.)
- On-sale Date
- 1972-02-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #81.
The Face of the Dragon
Supergirl / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Len Wein (credited)
- Pencils
- José Delbo (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Oksner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-1548
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- San Francisco never sleeps, it just pauses to catch its breath.
- Feature Logo
Supergirl- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Jonny Double (guest); Nasthalthia Luthor; Dr. Tzin-Tzin (villain)
- Reprints
-
in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #52 ([Circa 1972-1973]) -
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #14 (juillet-août 1978)
-
Death's Strange Deputy
The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- J-1533
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He didn't know who he was -- or where he came from -- or why he was destined to serve as... Death's Strange Deputy!
- Feature Logo
The Phantom Stranger- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Velie; Adam; District Attorney Caldwell
- Synopsis
- Evil magician Velie uses the help of a hypnotized deputy district attorney to murder D.A. Caldwell. The Phantom Stranger steps in and thwarts the plot.
- Reprints
-
from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #2 (October-November 1952) - in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #14 (juillet-août 1978)
-
- Keywords
- murder; wizardry
Follow The Phantom Stranger through mystic adventures in every issue of his own spine-chilling magazine...
The Phantom Stranger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (illustration)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Phantom Stranger #19, including a small cover reproduction.
Ad says: "Next issue on sale on or about Mar. 9th"
Direct Currents
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Neal Adams; Gil Kane; Mike Sekowsky (illustrations)
- Inks
- George Klein; Neal Adams; Gil Kane; Dick Giordano (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, readers, I'm back - the Big E, with another column on DC coming attractions!
- Feature Logo
Direct Currents- Keywords
- issue previews
Indexer Notes
Previews column highlighting DC Super Spectacular #185 (DC-12), Ghosts #5, Our Army At War #245, Wonder Woman #200, Justice League of America #97, Our Fighting Forces #137, World's Finest Comics #211, Son of Tomahawk #140 and Phantom Stranger #19.
[Circle of Doom]
Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-1496
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Presenting an all new adventure of the lovliest lady crime-fighter of them all... The Black Canary
- Feature Logo
Black Canary- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary; Bertha Kane
- Reprints
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #52 ([Circa 1972-1973])
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982)
- in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1 ([March] 2001)
- in The Black Canary: Bird of Prey (DC, 2021 series) ([May] 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credits confirmed by Dave Cook & Alex Toth (February 18, 2004).
Continues next issue.
The Sight Stealers!
Dr. Mid-Nite / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-1531
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A rare find -- from the Golden Age of Comics --
- Feature Logo
From the Casebook of Dr. Mid-Nite- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Mid-Nite
- Reprints
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #22 (juin 1979) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular, No. 1, 1975 Issue (DC, 2000 series) ([July] 2000)
-
Indexer Notes
A previously unpublished and uncompleted inventory story circa 1948, given to Sal Amendola to ink. Artist unknown.
Kubert and Tarzan together in a blockbuster from DC
Tarzan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
Indexer Notes
House ad for Tarzan #207, the first DC published issue. Ad says: "On sale on or about Feb. 29".
Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-1618
- Feature Logo
Super Fe-Mail
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Face of the Dragon!
Supergirl -
1.
The Face of the Dragon
Supergirl -
2.
Death's Strange Deputy
The Phantom Stranger -
3.
Follow The Phantom Stranger through mystic adventures in every issue of his own spine-chilling magazine...
The Phantom Stranger -
4.
Direct Currents
Direct Currents -
5.
[Circle of Doom]
Black Canary -
6.
The Sight Stealers!
Dr. Mid-Nite -
7.
Kubert and Tarzan together in a blockbuster from DC
Tarzan -
8.
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail
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- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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