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 Cover of Adventure Comics #296. Art by Curt Swan. Curtis Douglas Swan ( February 17, 1920 in Willmar Minnesota - June 16, 1996) was an American Comic book |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
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| Format | Standard (#32-490) Digest (#491-503) |
| Publication date | November 1938 through September 1983 |
| Number of issues | 471 |
Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company It ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed to Adventure Comics), making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman and Batman. Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman Action Comics is an American Comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major Superhero character as the term Superman (sometimes called Superman (volume 1 and for a time published as Adventures of Superman) is a comic book published by DC Comics Batman is an ongoing Comic book series featuring the DC Comics Hero of the same name.
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Publication history
Adventure Comics began its nearly 50-year run in 1935 under the title New Comics, which was only the second comic book series published by National Allied Publications, now DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Originally a humor series, the series, which was subsequently retitled New Adventure Comics with its seventh issue, gradually shifted to a serious adventure series. Issue 32 saw the title again changed to Adventure Comics, which would remain the book's name for the duration of its existence. The series' focus gradually shifted to superhero stories starting with the debut of The Sandman in issue #40. Sandman ( Wesley Dodds) is a fictional Superhero appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics. Other superheroes who appeared in the early days of Adventure included Manhunter and Starman. Manhunter is the name given to several different DC Comics Superheroes Antiheroes as well as the Manhunters, an entire race of Androids Starman ( Ted Knight) is a fictional Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society
A pivotal issue of the series was #103, when Superboy, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick and Aquaman moved from More Fun Comics (which was being converted to a humor format) to Adventure. Superboy is the name of several Fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen Johnny Quick is the name of two DC Comics characters each with the power of Superhuman speed More Fun Comics, originally titled New Fun The Big Comic Magazine a Starman and Sandman's stories were canceled to make room for the new features. Superboy became the star of the book, and would appear on each cover through 1969.
In issue #247 (April 1958), Superboy met the Legion of Super-Heroes, a team of super-powered teens from the future. This is about the DC Comics superhero team For the animated television series based on this see Legion of Super Heroes (TV series. The group became popular, and would soon take over as the Adventure lead feature through issue #381 (June 1969), in which Supergirl migrated from the backup feature in Action Comics to the starring feature in Adventure. Supergirl is a fictional Comic book superheroine that is depicted as a female counterpart to the DC Comics iconic Superhero Superman
In 1973, the book's theme changed from superhero adventure to supernatural adventure. The Spectre and Black Orchid were the stars of the book during this era. The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and Superhero who has appeared in numerous Comic books published by DC Comics. Black Orchid is the name of three Fictional Superheroines published by DC Comics. Before long, though, conventional superheroes returned to the book. The last decade of Adventure starred a variety of characters, and features, including Aquaman, a new Starman, "Dial H for Hero" and the Justice Society of America. Starman is a name used by several different fictional DC Comics Superheroes most prominently Ted Knight and his son Jack. Dial H for Hero is a Comic book feature published by DC Comics about a mysterious dial that enables an ordinary person to become a Superhero The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history The book ended its run as a digest-sized reprint anthology. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19
80 Page Giant
Adventure Comics 80 Page Giant was released in 1998.
80 Page Giant issues were first published in the late 60's. These special issues covered Jimmy Olsen (3 issues), Supergirl, the Bizzaro World, Lois Lane, etc.
Justice Society Returns
DC published an Adventure Comics #1 as part of the company's "Justice Society Returns" storyline in 1999. Justice Society Returns is a nine issue story arc that ran through a number of Comic books published by DC Comics in 1999 reviving the Golden Age
Reprint collections
- Showcase Presents: Green Arrow Volume 1: Stories from issues #250-266, plus stories from other comics
- Showcase Presents: Aquaman Volume 1: Stories from issues #260-280, 282 & 284
Awards
The series has won several awards for itself and its creators over the years, including the Shazam Award for Best Pencil Artist (Humor Division) for Bob Oksner for his work on Adventure Comics and other DC comics in 1970. Showcase Presents is a line of Black and white paperback books published by DC Comics at an average rate of two per month Bob Oksner ( October 14 1916, Paterson New Jersey - February 18 2007) was an American Comics artist known DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company