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Publishers / DC / Adventure Comics (1938) / #457
457May-June 1978
$0.35

Adventure Comics #457

DC · May-June 1978 · on sale February 14, 1978

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#457
Publication date
May-June 1978
Key date
May 1978
On-sale date
February 14, 1978
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893041506
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperboy; Lester Wallace
1A Fire Withincomic story11script: David Michelinie; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Milt SnapinnSuperboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Police Chief Parker; Bash Bashford; Lester Wallace (introduction); Amanda Wallace (introduction); Zan-Em (behind-the-scenes only, introduced next issue)
3Volume 78 Issue 7 - Week of February 13, 1978in-house column1editing: Bob Rozakis
4The Symbiont Syndrome!comic story6script: Len Wein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Shelly LefermanEclipso; Professor Simon Bennett; Mona Bennett; Bruce Gordon
5-letters page0.75script: Paul Levitz
6-statement of ownership0.25letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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Series context

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