| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 459 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 459 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1013916004
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 460 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 460 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1041273005
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Owner Comments
Condition sensitive 2/3 black bordered Wonder Woman cover which along with most of these $1 Adventure books having sat in bargains bins for decades makes it extremely rare in high grade.
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1978
Release Date: August 10, 1978
Format: 64 Saddle-Stitched Pages
Cover Price: $1.00
Collection Group: Dollar Comics
Cover:
Pencils: Ross Andru
Inks: Dick Giordano
Stories:
Flash: "A Nightmare to Remember" (12 pages)
Pages: 12
Feature(s):
Flash (Barry Allen of Earth-1)
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Irv Novick
Inker: Frank McLaughlin
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Feature Character(s)
Flash (last appearance in Justice League of America #212; next appearance in Flash #268)
Supporting Character(s)
Iris Allen (last appearance in Flash #267; next appearance in Adventure Comics #461)
Guest Star(s)
GA Flash (Jay Garrick; last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Adventure Comics #461)
Villain(s)
Wizard (last appearance in Secret Society of Super-Villains #15; next appearance in Justice League of America #166)
Cary Bates (Writer) Irv Novick (Penciller) Frank McLaughlin (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
Deadman: "The Canvas Inferno" (10 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Jim Aparo (Artist) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
New Gods: "Pursuit to Eternity" (10 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Don Newton (Penciller) Augie Scotto (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Jerry Serpe (Colorist)
Aquaman: "The Hunt" (13 pages)
Paul Kupperberg (Writer) Don Newton (Penciller) Dan Adkins (Inker) Milton Snapinn (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
Green Lantern: "Deadly Song of the Wizard" (7 pages)
Cary Burkett (Writer) Joe Staton (Artist) Karin Kish (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
Wonder Woman: "The Quest for the Stolen Soul" (12 pages)
Jack C. Harris (Writer) Jack Abel (Artist) Milton Snapinn (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 461 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 461 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0968080001
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Owner Comments
JSA begins in a story originally intended as the first half of All-Star Comics #75
Title: Adventure Comics #461
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1979
Release Date: October 12, 1978
Format: 64 Saddle-Stitched Pages
Cover Price: $1.00
Front Cover Pencils/Inks: Jim Aparo
Back Cover Pencils: Joe Staton, Inks: Bob Layton
Stories:
Flash: "The Multiple Murders of Mapleville" (12 pages)
Cary Bates (Writer) Irv Novick (Penciller) Frank McLaughlin (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
Deadman: "Pursuit" (12 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Jim Aparo (Artist) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Justice Society of America: "Only Legends Live Forever" (13 pages)
Paul Levitz (Writer) Joe Staton (Artist) Ben Oda (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
Aquaman: "The Hand That Feeds the Earth..." (12 pages)
Paul Kupperberg (Writer) Don Newton (Penciller) Frank Chiaramonte (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
Wonder Woman: "School of the Amazoids" (12 pages)
Jack C. Harris (Writer) Jack Abel (Artist) Karin Kish (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 462 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 462 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1013916007
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Owner Comments
Rocky Mountain Pedigree
Bronze Age Key; Death of the Golden Age/Earth II Batman. Very Rare in high grades due to black boarded front/back covers and like all of the Adventure $1 run it languished in quarter sections for decades. Which is how I got my 1st copy of the issue in 1982
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1979
Release Date: December 14, 1978
Format: 64 Saddle-Stitched Pages
Cover Price: $1.00
Cover Pencils/Inks: Jim Aparo
Justice Society of America: "Only Legends Live Forever" (15 pages)
Paul Levitz (Writer) Joe Staton (Artist) Ben Oda (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
A man named Bill Jensen, armed with inexplicable power scales the top of the Gotham Towers where he single-highhandedly defeats the Justice Society of America. Jensen screams that he wants to avenge himself against Commissioner Bruce Wayne, whom he believes framed him in order to further his own career. When Wayne learns of the situation, he has little choice but to come out of retirement and operate as Batman one last time. Swinging to the top of the tower, he catches the Flash, whom Jensen had hurled from the rooftop. He rests him on a ledge, then scales the tower to confront Jensen.
The other JSA members continue fighting him, but even the combined might of Green Lantern and Doctor Fate cannot stop him. Batman approaches him, and Jensen turns his power against him. He continues to struggle forward until both combatants are locked in a violent embrace. Jensen's power sears away Batman's mask, and he realizes that this is the man he has sworn to destroy -- Bruce Wayne. Driven to even greater fury, Jensen's power burns out of control, consuming both men. The Batman, one of the first and most infamous of Mystery Men... is dead.
In the following days, Bruce Wayne's body is laid to rest next to the grave of his wife, Selina, and his parents. His daughter Helena speaks with Dick Grayson about the future of the Batman legacy. Helena solemnly states that only "legends live forever".
Feature Character(s)
Justice Society of America (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Doctor Fate (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Justice League of America #166)
Flash (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Green Lantern (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Hourman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #74; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Huntress (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Power Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Robin (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Starman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #74; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Star-Spangled Kid (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Justice League of America #166)
Superman (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Wildcat (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #464)
Wonder Woman (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Guest Star(s): Batman (dies in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; no further appearances)
Flash: "The She-Demon of the Astral Plane" (12 pages)
Cary Bates (Writer) Don Heck (Penciller) Joe Giella (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
Deadman: "The Sins of the Father --" (12 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Penciller) Dick Giordano (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Wonder Woman: "Voyage of the Sorcerers Lost" (12 pages)
Jack C. Harris (Writer) Jack Abel (Artist) Milton Snapinn (Letterer) Jerry Serpe (Colorist)
Aquaman: "Executive Action" (12 pages)
Paul Kupperberg (Writer) Don Heck (Penciller) Robert R. Smith (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 463 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 463 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0939121001
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 464 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 464 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1013916009
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 465 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 465 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0976664021
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| Slot: |
Adventure Comics 466 |
| Item: |
Adventure Comics 466 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1015808003
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Owner Comments
Last Adventure $1.00 Dollar Comics issue
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