Adventure Comics #488 (1981) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Jinx (only hands); Chris King; Vicki Grant; Oxide; the Harp; Ragnarok; the Pixie; Captain Saturn; Snowfall.
2	J -- As in Jinx and Jeopardy	comic story	17	script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Dennis Jensen; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Chris King; Vicki Grant; Jinx; Cancero; Jelly Woman
8	-	letters page	1	script: Tamsyn O'Flynn
10	Tender Poison	comic story	9	script: G. Kashdan; pencils: Trevor Von Eeden; inks: Larry Mahlstedt; colors: C. Gafford; letters: Shelly Leferman	Chris King; Vicki Grant; Belladonna
13	Now You Can Dial "H" for Hero	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Carmine Infantino	Christopher King; Vicki Grant

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893113012

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