Adventure Comics
#439
(May-June 1975)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 41
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1975-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #115.
The Voice that Doomed the Spectre!
The Spectre / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (signed as JA)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (signed as JA)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3840
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling
- Reprints
-
in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) ([July] 2005) - in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012), #1 ([June] 2012) [recolored]
- in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #80 [cover]
-
- Keywords
- machine guns
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre
The Spectre / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Aparo
- Job Number
- J-3803
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Gwendolyn Sterling; Susan (bank employee); Captain Stanley; Peter Falk (cameo); God (voice); Carter (villain, death); "Ducky" McLaren (villain)
- Synopsis
- After the Spectre concludes a grim case involving terrorists, his alter-ego has a long discussion with Gwen, and, that evening, Jim prays that his mission as the Spectre be ended and he be granted life again. The next day he discovers, when confronting some criminals, that his wish has been granted...and it nearly costs him his life!
- Reprints
-
in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #7 (juin 1979) [N&B [B&W]] - in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 1988 series) #3 (July 1988)
- in Wrath of the Spectre (DC, 2005 series) ([July] 2005)
- in Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([June] 2012)
- in The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) ([October] 2020)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #80
-
- Keywords
- bank robbery
Indexer Notes
Story continues in the next issue.
Chapter 3: Father Time's Inn!
Green Arrow; Seven Soldiers of Victory; Speedy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils
- Lee Elias
- Inks
- Lee Elias
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- J-3397
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Father Time; Mars; Mercury; Sagittarius
[no title indexed]
Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-3922
Indexer Notes
The editor identifies John Albano, Jr., as colorist of Aquaman stories in issues #435-437. Letters of comment from readers Bob Rodi and Allan Palmer.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Voice that Doomed the Spectre!
The Spectre -
1.
The Mummy
Batman; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
The Voice That Doomed... the Spectre
The Spectre -
3.
Chapter 3: Father Time's Inn!
Green Arrow; Seven Soldiers of Victory; Speedy -
4.
[no title indexed]
Dateline: Adventure -
5.
[no title indexed]
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