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458July-August 1978
$0.35

Adventure Comics #458

DC · July-August 1978 · on sale 1978-04-11

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#458
Publication date
July-August 1978
Key date
1978-07-00
On-sale date
1978-04-11
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893041508
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Joe LettereseSuperboy; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
1The Superboy Who Wasn'tcomic story11script: David Michelinie; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Clem RobinsSuperboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Lester Wallace; Zan-Em (introduction, Phantom Zone criminal)
3-letters page1script: Paul Levitz; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom
4He Who Survives--!comic story6script: Len Wein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Bob Layton; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Gaspar SaladinoEclipso; Bruce Gordon; Professor Simon Bennett; Mona Bennett

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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