AdventureComics

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AdventureComicsisanAmericancomicbook
seriespublishedbyDCComicsfrom1938to
1983andrevivedfrom2009to2011.Initsfirst
era,theseriesranfor503issues(472ofthose
afterthetitlechangedfromNewAdventure
Comics),makingitthefifthlongestrunningDC
series,behindDetectiveComics,ActionComics,
Superman,andBatman.Itwasrevivedin2009by
writerGeoffJohnswiththeConnerKent
incarnationofSuperboyheadliningthetitle's
mainfeature,andtheLegionofSuperHeroesin
thebackupstory.[1]Itreturnedtoitsoriginal
numberingwith#516(September2010).The
seriesfinallyendedwith#529(October2011),
priortoDC'sTheNew52companyreboot.

AdventureComics

Contents
1 Publicationhistory
1.1 80PageGiant
1.2 JusticeSocietyReturns
1.3 AdventureComicsSpecial
featuringtheGuardian
2 Revival
2.1 Mainfeature
2.1.1 Superboy:TheBoyof
Steel(former)
2.1.2 Superboyandthe
LegionofSuper
Heroes
2.2 Secondfeature
2.2.1 LongLivetheLegion
(former)
2.2.2 Atom
3 Collectededitions
4 Seealso
5 References
6 Externallinks

CoverofAdventureComics#296.
ArtbyCurtSwanandGeorgeKlein.

Publicationinformation
Publisher

DCComics

Schedule

Monthly:
#3285,#103424,#467503
Bimonthly:
#86102,#42566

Format

(vol.1)
Standard(#32490,#504529)
Digest(#491503)

Publicationdate

(vol.1)
November1938February
1982September1982
September1983
(vol.2)
October2009August2010
(vol.1cont.)

Publicationhistory

September2010October2011

AdventureComicsbeganitsnearly50yearrunin
December1935underthetitleNewComics,
whichwasonlythesecondcomicbookseries
publishedbyNationalAlliedPublications,now

Numberofissues

(vol.1):529
(vol.2):13
(vol.1cont.):14

DCComics.[2]TheserieswasretitledNew
AdventureComicswithits12thissueinJanuary
1937.[3]Issue#32(November1938)sawthetitle
changedagaintoAdventureComics,whichwould
remainthebook'snameforthedurationofits
existence.[4][5]

Maincharacter(s)

LegionofSuperHeroes
Superboy
Supergirl
TheSpectre
Aquaman
GreenArrow

Creativeteam
Originallyahumorseries,itevolvedintoa
seriousadventureseries.Inissue#12whenthe
Writer(s)
List
serieswastitledNewAdventureComics,Joe
Penciller(s)
List
ShusterandJerrySiegelintroducedthefirst
versionofthecharacterJorLasasciencefiction
Inker(s)
List
detectiveinthefarfuturethecharacterwould
eventuallybecomethealienfatherofSuperman,althoughthefirstSupermanstory,inActionComics#1,
wouldnotappearuntilmorethanayearafterJorL'sfirstappearance.[6][7]Theseries'focusgradually
shiftedtosuperherostoriesstartingwiththedebutoftheSandmaninissue#40.Othersuperheroeswho
appearedintheearlydaysofAdventureincludedHourman(from#48to#83)Starmancreatedbywriter
GardnerFoxandartistJackBurnleyinissue#61(April1941)[8](#61102)andJoeSimonandJack
Kirby'sManhunterreplacingasimilarlynamedbusinesssuitedinvestigatorbeginningwith#73(April
1942)until#92.[9]

Apivotalissueoftheserieswas#103(April1946),when
Superboy,GreenArrow,JohnnyQuickandAquamanmoved
fromMoreFunComicswhichwasbeingconvertedtoahumor
formattoAdventure.[10]Starman'sandSandman'sserieswere
canceledtomakeroomforthenewfeatures,whileoneother,
GeniusJones,movedtothecomicthenewarrivalshadjust
vacated.Superboybecamethestarofthebook,andwouldappear
oneachcoverinto1969(countingSupermanonthecoversof
issues#354355).Superboy'spopularityinAdventureresultedin
thecharacterreceivinghisowntitlein1949,whensuperhero
titlesingeneralwerelosingpopularity.Krypto,theSuperdog
debutedinissue#210(March1955)inastorybyOttoBinder
andCurtSwan.[11]
Inissue#247(April1958),byOttoBinderandartistAlPlastino,
SuperboymettheLegionofSuperHeroes,ateamofsuper
poweredteensfromthefuture.[12]Thegroupbecamepopular,
NewComics#1(Dec.1935).Coverart
andwouldreplace"TalesoftheBizarroWorld"astheAdventure
byVinSullivan.
backupfeaturewith#300,[13]andsoonbepromotedtoitslead.
LightningLad,oneoftheLegion'sfoundingmembers,waskilled
inAdventureComics#304(January1963)andrevivedinissue#312.[14]InAdventureComics#346(July
1966),JimShooter,14yearsoldatthetime,wrotehisfirstLegionstory.[15]Shooterwrotethestoryin
whichFerroLaddiedthefirst"real"deathofaLegionnaire(althoughLightningLadhadbeen
believeddeadforawhilebefore)andintroducedtheFatalFive.[16]TheLegionfeaturelasteduntil
issue#380.[17]Withthenextissue,SupergirlmigratedfromthebackupslotinActionComicstothe
starringfeatureinAdventure[18]andranuntilissue#424.[19]Theseriesreachedits400thissuein
December1970andfeaturedaSupergirlstorywrittenanddrawnbyMikeSekowsky.[20]

Asof#425(December1972),thebook'sthemechangedfromsuperheroadventureto
fantasy/supernaturaladventure.Thatissuedebutedonenewfeaturealongwiththreenonseriesstories,
thepiratesaga"CaptainFear".Thenexteditionaddedasemianthologyseries,"TheAdventurers'Club".
Soon,editorJoeOrlandowastryingouthorrortingedcostumedheroes,firstBlackOrchid,[21]thenthe
Spectre.[22][23]Beforelong,though,conventionalsuperheroesreturnedtothebook,beginningbehindthe
Spectre,firstathreeissuerunofAquaman(issues#435437,anearlyassignmentforMikeGrell)and
thenanewlydrawn1940sSevenSoldiersofVictoryscript(issues#438443).[24][25][26]Aquamanwas
promotedtolead(issues#441452),andbackinghimupwerethreepartstoryarcsfeaturingtheCreeper
(#445447),theMartianManhunter(#449451),bracketedbyissuelengthAquamanleads.Hewas
awardedhisowntitleandSuperboy(#453458)tookoverAdventurewithAqualad(#453455)and
Eclipso(#457458)backups.FollowingthiswasarunasaDollarComicformatgiantsizedbook
(issues#459466),[27]includingsuchfeaturesastheresolutionoftheReturnoftheNewGods(cancelled
inJulyAugust1978),"Deadman",and"JusticeSocietyofAmerica".
Feature

TheFlash
#459466

Feature

Deadman
#459466

Feature

Feature

GreenLantern ElongatedMan
#459460
#459
JusticeSociety
ofAmerica
#461466

Aquaman
#460466

Feature

Feature

Wonder
Woman
#459464

TheNewGods
#459460

nofifthfeature nosixthfeature
#465466
#461466

Thestandardformatreturned(issues#467478),splitbetweenanewStarman[28]namedPrinceGavyn
andPlasticMan.Withanincreaseinthestoryandartpagecount,thelastfourissuesalsoincludedone
morerunofAquaman.[29]Allthreeweredroppedsimultaneouslytomakewayforanewversionofan
oldfeature,"DialHforHero"(issues#479490).[30]Issue#490(February1982)sawthecomic's
cancellation.[31]"Dial'H'forHero"wasmovedtoNewAdventuresofSuperboyasofthatseries'issue
#28.AdventureComicswassoonrescued.AsoftheSeptemberissueitwasrevivedasadigestsized
comic.Thisformatlastedfromissues#491503,withmoststoriesduringthisperiodbeingreprints
(featuringtheLegionofSuperHeroes,fromthebeginningandinchronologicalorder,andothers),and
withnewstoriesfeaturingtheMarvelFamilyandtheChallengersoftheUnknown(anewfiveissue
retellingoftheirorigin).ThelongrunningtitlewasdiscontinuedwiththeSeptember1983issue.

80PageGiant
AnAdventureComics80PageGiantwasreleasedin1998.

JusticeSocietyReturns
DCpublishedanAdventureComics#1aspartofthecompany'sJusticeSocietyReturnseventin1999.

AdventureComicsSpecialfeaturingtheGuardian
Aspartofthe2008"Superman:NewKrypton"storyarc,aspecialissueofAdventureComicswas
published,titledAdventureComicsSpecialfeaturingtheGuardian#1(coverdatedJanuary2009).
JimmyOlsencontinuestodelveintothemysterysurroundingtheAmericangovernment'ssafeguards
againstthenewKryptonianpopulation.

Revival
ThefiveissueminiseriesFinalCrisis:Legionof3Worldsledintoan
allnewvolumeofAdventureComics,featuringtherevivedConner
Kent/SuperboyandtheLegionofSuperHeroes.[32]Themaincreative
teamofGeoffJohnsandFrancisManapuldebutedinabackupstoryin
AdventureComics#0(April2009).[33]Asecondaryfeaturestarringthe
LegionofSuperHeroeswascowrittenwithMikeShoemakeranddrawn
byClaytonHenry.ThefirstissueofthenewrunofAdventureComics
wasreleasedonAugust12,2009,andfeatureswatermarkednumbering
markingitasboth#1and#504,thuscontinuingtheoriginalnumeration
oftheseriesconcurrentlywiththevolume2numeration.Forthevariant
incentivecovereditions,theoriginalnumerationwasdominantonthe
coverwhilethevol.2numerationwasthewatermarkednumbering
marking.Theindiciaofthecomicbookalsoreflectsthisdualnumbering.
Thetitleofficiallyreturnedtoitsoriginalvol.1numberingwith#516
(coverdatedSeptember2010),until#529whenitwasfinallyendedprior
toDC'sTheNew52companyreboot.

Mainfeature

Variantincentivecoverto
AdventureComics#504/vol.
2,#1.ArtbyFrancis
Manapul.

Superboy:TheBoyofSteel(former)
TherevivedongoingtitleAdventureComicsfeaturesConnerastheheadliningcharacterforthefirstsix
issuesinthestoryarcentitled,"Superboy:TheBoyofSteel."ItbeginsasConnersettlesbackintohis
lifeinSmallville,Kansas.ReturningtolivewithMarthaKent,whoisthrilledtotaketheyoungboyin
afterherhusband'sdeath,ConnerreturnstoSmallvilleHighSchoolandbeginskeepingajournalof
everythingSupermanhasdoneasacostumedhero,goingdownachecklisttitled,"WhatDidSuperman
Do?"HeandthealsorecentlyreturnedBartAllensupposedlyrejointheTeenTitans,andConner
symbolizestheteambeing"stacked"againbydestroyinghismemorialstatueoutsideofTitansTower
West.
SuperboyandtheLegionofSuperHeroes
AftertheJohnsandManapulrun,writerPaulLevitztookovertheseries.Itwasrenumberedwithits
previousnumberingandhighlightedClarkKent'syearsasSuperboyaswellastheLegionofSuper
Heroes'past.Startingwithissue#523,theLegionAcademy,byLevitzandPhilJimenez,becamethe
majorfeature.

Secondfeature
LongLivetheLegion(former)
TheLegionofSuperHeroesappearedasthesecondfeatureinissues#504514beforetakingoverasthe
leadfeatureinissue#515(August2010).
Atom

FollowingthiswastheoneshotBrightestDay:Atom,writtenbyJeffLemirewithartbyMahmudAsrar.
Thesameteamwastocreateatenpart,tenpage"Atom"cofeatureinAdventureComics,butDCended
alltheirsecondfeaturesandreducedtheirtitlestotwentypagesofstory.Issue#521wasthelastissueto
featuretheAtom.[34]

Collectededitions
GoldenAgeSandmanArchivesVolume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#4057,224
pages,January2005,ISBN9781401201555[35]
GoldenAgeStarmanArchives
Volume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#6176,224pages,May2000,ISBN
9781563896224[36]
Volume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#77102,272pages,July2009,ISBN
9781401222833[37]
TheSandmanbyKirbyandSimoncollectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#72102,304pages,
August2009,ISBN9781401222994[38]
TheAdventuresofSuperboycollectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#103121,224pages,
August2010,ISBN9781401227838[39]
LegionofSuperHeroesArchives
Volume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#247,267,282,290,293,300305,255
pages,1991,ISBN9781563890208[40]
Volume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#306317,224pages,1992,ISBN978
1563890574[41]
Volume3collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#318328,224pages,1993,ISBN978
1563891021[42]
Volume4collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#329339,224pages,1994,ISBN978
1563891236[43]
Volume5collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#340349,224pages,1994,ISBN978
1563891540[44]
Volume6collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#350358,224pages,1996,ISBN978
1563892776[45]
Volume7collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#359367,240pages,May1998,ISBN
9781563893988[46]
Volume8collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#368376,240pages,February1999,
ISBN9781563894305[47]
Volume9collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#377380,256pages,November1999,
ISBN9781563895142[48]
ShowcasePresents:LegionofSuperHeroes
Volume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#247,267,282,290,293,300321,552
pages,April2007,ISBN9781401213824[49]
Volume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#322348,528pages,April2008,ISBN
9781401217242[50]
Volume3collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#349368,552pages,April2009,ISBN
9781401221850[51]
Volume4collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#369380,528pages,October2010,
ISBN9781401229412[52]
ShowcasePresents:GreenArrowVolume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#250266,
528pages,January2006,ISBN9781401207854[53]
ShowcasePresents:AquamanVolume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#260280,282,

284,544pages,February2007,ISBN9781401212230[54]
Superman:TalesoftheBizarroWorldcollectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#293299,192
pages,September2000,ISBN9781563896248[55]
DCComicsClassicsLibrary:LegionofSuperHeroes:TheLifeandDeathofFerroLad
collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#346347,352355,357,128pages,March2009,ISBN
9781401221935[56]
BlackCanaryArchivescollectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#399and#418419,224pages,
December2000,ISBN9781563897344[57]
WrathoftheSpectrecollectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#431440,200pages,June2005,
ISBN9781401204747[58]
ShowcasePresents:TheSpectreincludesstoriesfromAdventureComics#431440,624pages,
May2012,ISBN9781401234171[59]
JusticeSocietyVolume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComics#461466,224pages,
February2007,ISBN9781401211943[60]
ShowcasePresents:AllStarComicsincludesstoriesfromAdventureComics#461466,448
pages,September2011,ISBN9781401233037[61]
TheSteveDitkoOmnibusVolume2includesStarmanstoriesfromAdventureComics#467478,
384pages,January2012,ISBN9781401232351[62]
DCComicsPresents:LegionofSuperHeroes#2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.
2,issues#14,100pages,February2012[63]
Superboy:TheBoyofSteelcollectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.2,issues#03,56,144
pages,May2011,ISBN9781401227739[64]
BlackestNight:TalesoftheCorpscollectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.2,issues#45,
176pages,August2011,ISBN9781401228071[65]
BlackestNight:RiseoftheBlackLanternsincludesstoryfromAdventureComicsvol.2,issue
#7,256pages,August2011,ISBN9781401228064[66]
Superman:LastStandofNewKrypton
Volume1collectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.2,#89,168pages,November
2010,ISBN9781401229320[67]
Volume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.2,#1011,128pages,January2011,
ISBN9781401230364[68]
Superman:NightwingandFlamebirdVolume2collectsstoriesfromAdventureComicsvol.2,
#810,208pages,October2011,ISBN9781401229405[69]
SuperboyandtheLegionofSuperHeroes:TheEarlyYearscollectsAdventureComics#515
520,Vol.2#12,144pages,May2011,ISBN9781401231682[70]
LegionofSuperHeroesVol.2:ConsequencescollectsAdventureComics#521522,208pages,
September2011,ISBN9781401232382[71]
LegionofSuperHeroesVol.3:WhenEvilCallscollectsAdventureComics#523529,320
pages,April2012,ISBN9781401233679[72]

Seealso
ListofDCComicspublications

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