(July-August 1973)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
39
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-04-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Joe Orlando; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #95.

[Origin Issue] (Table of Contents)

Black Orchid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
J-3126
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Orchid
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Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #428
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Orchid / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Sheldon Mayer
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
?
Letters
Marcos Pelayo
Job Number
J-1874
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Orchid (introduction); Ken Ransom
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The Ghosts on the Glasses (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. 13, the Ghost Breaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-1729
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dr. 13, the Ghost Breaker [Dr. Terrance Thirteen]; Desmond Randolf (death); Mrs. Randolf; Mrs. Mullins (death); Marie Thirteen
Synopsis
Mr. Randolf mysteriously dies. Dr. 13 investigates.
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Indexer Notes

Originally intended for Phantom Stranger #23, but replaced by the Spawn of Frankenstein feature.

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

Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Alex Niño; Jim Aparo (illustrations)
Inks
Alex Niño; Jim Aparo (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
J-3107

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Bob Hobart and Bill Winans.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Origin Issue]
    Black Orchid
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Black Orchid
  3. 2. The Ghosts on the Glasses
    Dr. 13, the Ghost Breaker
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Dateline: Adventure
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