Adventure Comics #453 (1977) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Superboy; Mighty Girl
2	You Too Can Be a Super-Hero!	comic story	11	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: John Calnan; inks: Murphy Anderson; colors: Liz Berube; letters: Ben Oda	Superboy; Pete Ross; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Mighty Girl [Barbara Gordon; Batgirl (cameo, just an image of her)]
9	The Great Superman Movie Contest	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: ?; typeset	Superman
11	At Last! The Thrilling Return of Mister Miracle	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Marshall Rogers	Mister Miracle; Big Barda; Oberon
12	Volume 77 Issue 26 - Week of June 27, 1977	in-house column	1	editing: Bob Rozakis
14	Reaching New Heights of Intergalactic Excitement!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
16	Aqualad -- Who Is Thy Father?	comic story	6	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Carl Potts; inks: Joe Rubenstein; letters: John Workman	Aqualad; The Idylists; Sett; Thoran; Mcaan (flashback); Aquaman (flashback); Aquababy (flashback); Black Manta (flashback); Topo (flashback)
19	Every Month!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: ?; typeset
20	-	letters page	1	script: Paul Levitz

Plus 13 pages of advertisements and other matter across 15 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Adventure Comics #500	1983	On eBay ›
Aquaman: Death of a Prince #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3113-2	2011	On eBay ›
Aquaman: The Death of a Prince Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77950-095-3	2020	On eBay ›
Back Issue! #142	2023	On eBay ›

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