Adventure Comics #464

(July-August 1979)

The Day Up Was Down (Table of Contents: 1)

Flash / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

Ben Oda

Job Number:

J-5965

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Flash [Barry Allen]; Abra Kadabra (villain); Ted Wentworth

Synopsis:

The Flash battles Abra Kadabra, who has turned the world upside-down.

Reprints:

• in Roter Blitz (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #45 (November 1979)

Requiem for a Deadman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Deadman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script:

Len Wein (plot); Gerry Conway (script)

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

Glynis Wein

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Job Number:

J-5563?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Deadman; Dr. Jessica Trent; Annabelle Lee; Dr. Conrad Cabel (villain); Ted Brooks

Synopsis:

Deadman is called across town to STAR Laboratories where experiments into the supernatural are going on. He is caught in a war between telepaths.

Reprints:

• from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2 (Fall 1978)

Indexer Notes

Originally intended for the unpublished Showcase (DC, 1977 series) #105. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2. Original version of the story had a 2-page sequence of Deadman saving a boy during the time he is travelling across town (between panels 2 and 3 on page 4 of this version of the story).

To Everything There Is a Season... (Table of Contents: 3)

Justice Society of America / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Levitz

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Joe Staton; Dick Giordano (page 1)

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Ben Oda

Job Number:

J-5846

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice Society of America [Wildcat (Earth-2); Robin (Earth-2); Power Girl; Huntress [Helena Wayne]]; Jock Tanner; Charlie Bullock

Synopsis:

Wildcat goes back to his old home to reopen his gym for disadvantaged youth, as he retires from the JSA after this adventure to focus on his reopened gym.

Reprints:

• in Justice Society (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2007)
• in Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([September] 2011)

Slave of the Queen Bee (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Gerry Conway

Pencils:

José Delbo

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

Gene D'Angelo

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Job Number:

J-5085

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Justice League of America [Superman (Earth-1); Batman (Earth-1); Green Arrow (Earth-1); Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo)]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Queen Bee (villain); Professor Stone

Synopsis:

Wonder Woman battles the Queen Bee.

Reprints:

• in Wundergirl (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #46 (1979)

Invaders from Above (Table of Contents: 5)

Aquaman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Don Newton

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Shelly Leferman

Job Number:

J-5953

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Stavros Markos (villain); Dr. Vulko; Topo

Synopsis:

Aquaman goes up against a wealthy tycoon who is pretending to clean up the seas above Atlantis while his men loot it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gary Norman, Charles Reiter, Jr. and Scott Gibson with house ad for DC Comics Presents and Justice League of America

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Aquaman; Flash; Justice Society of America; Wonder Woman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

José Delbo

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Flash [Barry Allen]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Queen Bee

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.