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Adventure Comics 459

ADVENTURE COMICS #459

Cover Date: September 1978
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Aparo (signed)


Story: "The Crimson Comets of Fallville High" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsIrv Novick
InksFrank McLaughlin
LetteringGaspar Saladino
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Flash (Barry Allen; last in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #108; next in flashback in Power Company: Bork #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Rachel (first appearance; a high school classmate of Barry Allen's with ESP powers)
Nathan (first appearance; a high school classmate of Barry Allen's, also an actor portraying the Flash on television)

Villain(s):

Tony Larson (first appearance)
unnamed "mob" criminals

Other Character(s):

a parachutist
Fallville High School alumni

Location(s):

Fallville, IA

Comment(s):

The story occurs in Fallville, Iowa during the Fallville High School's 15th reunion.


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Second Story: "Murder Haunts the Midway" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
ArtJim Aparo
LetteringJim Aparo
ColorsGlynis Wein
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Deadman (Boston Brand; also in flashback to origin)

Supporting Character(s):

Cleveland Brand
Lita (Cleveland's daughter)
Inga (first appearance; Cleveland's wife)
Lorna Hill
Vashnu
Tiny (the circus strongman)

Villain(s):

League of Assassins (in flashback)
Unnamed gunman (first appearance; dies)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Aquaman (flashback)
Batman (flashback)
Phantom Stranger (flashback)
Challengers of the Unknown (flashback)
Rama Kushna (in flashback)


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Third Story: "The Call of the Cosmos" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Burkett
ArtJoe Staton
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsAdrienne Roy
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Justice League of America #160)

Supporting Character(s):

Unnamed woman from the planet Shatou (first appearance; also in flashback)

Villain(s):

Energy-leeches (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Two astronauts from the planet Shatou (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Unidentified Space Sector:
Shatou (first appearance; in flashback)
Space Sector 2814:
Earth


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Fourth Story: "Climax of Chaos" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsDon Newton
InksAugie Scotto
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

New Gods
Orion (last in New Gods #19)
Forager (last in New Gods #19)
Lightray (last in New Gods #19)
Jezebelle (last in New Gods #19)
Highfather (Izaya; last in New Gods #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Dave Lincoln (last in New Gods #19)
Claudia Shane (last in New Gods #19)
Donald Bradford (last in New Gods #19)
Richard Roe (last in New Gods #19)
Lorraine Hampton (last in New Gods #19)

Villain(s):

Darkseid (last in New Gods #19)
Desaad (last in New Gods #19)
the Antagonist (last in New Gods #19)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Avia (in flashback)
Infinity Man (flashback)
President Jimmy Carter

Location(s):

Space Sector 38:
Apokolips
New Genesis
Space Sector 2814:
Earth:
Metropolis


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Fifth Story: "The Case of the Fortune Cookie Fortune" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein, Paul Levitz, Mike Gold, Ann Delary-Gold, Steve Mitchell
PencilsGeorge Ruppert
InksBruce D. Patterson
LetteringClem Robins
ColorsGlynis Wein
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny; last in Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #247; next in Batman Family #20/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Homer Jethro (first appearance, mayor of Sutterville and owner of the Chinese restaurant Jethro Pagoda)
Benny Jackson (AKA Benny Maxwell, first appearance; a comedian)

Other Character(s):

Steve Douglas (first appearance, a resident of Sutterville)
Ann Douglas (first appearance, a resident of Sutterville)

Location(s):

'Sutterville


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Sixth Story: "The Shark's Dark Demand" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack C. Harris
ColorsGene D'Angelo
EditingPaul Levitz

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman

Villain(s):

The Shark (last in issue #448; next in Justice League of America #162)

Other Character(s):

Amazons of Paradise Island

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (flashback)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; flashback)
Aquaman (flashback)


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