Adventure Comics
#420
(June 1972)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly (semi-monthly, Mar.)
- On-sale Date
- 1972-04-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando; Mark Hanerfeld (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #83.
[And Death Shall Have No Dominion]
Supergirl / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Oksner
- Inks
- Bob Oksner
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- J-1697
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl
- Reprints
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Supergirl / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Raymond Marais (story); Len Wein (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuñiga
- Inks
- Bob Oksner
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Job Number
- J-1637
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl; Opra; Togran; Vorko; Draak
- Synopsis
- Three sorcerers try to trick Supergirl into fighting for them in a war.
- Reprints
in Animal-Man, Hero or Freak?
Animal Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman
- Job Number
- J-1399
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Animal Man [A-Man]; Roger; Grabo
- Synopsis
- Animal Man learns the various limitations of his powers as he pursues a gang of thieves.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #195 (December 1966) -
in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #90 ([October 1972])
-
- Keywords
- zoo
Indexer Notes
The original page 3 and 2 tiers from the original page 11 omitted for this reprint.
These Are the Star Men
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Howard Purcell
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell
- Inks
- George Roussos
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
- Job Number
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Con Rikon
- Synopsis
- A criminal travels to the planet Krag in hopes of stealing a fortune in jewels.
Indexer Notes
This is a previously unpublished story from inventory.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- John Severin; Frank Thorne (illustrations)
- Inks
- John Severin; Frank Thorne (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
The Monster from Krypton!
Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- J-1696
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Supergirl; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Superman Emergency Squad; Perry White (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Red Kryptonite transforms Superman into a giant Kryptonian monster, the Drang.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #303 (August 1963)
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #53 (March 1973)
-
- Keywords
- Flying Newsroom; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Krypton; Red Kryptonite
Indexer Notes
A Superman story revised with a Supergirl logo and some re-lettering to make Supergirl the star (she appears in 10 panels).
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-1688
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[And Death Shall Have No Dominion]
Supergirl -
1.
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
Supergirl -
2.
Animal-Man, Hero or Freak?
Animal Man -
3.
These Are the Star Men
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
5.
The Monster from Krypton!
Supergirl -
6.
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail
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