Volume: 46
Price: 0.50 USD
Pages: 36
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Len Wein (credited) (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Aquaman / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Rich Buckler (signed as BUCKLER)
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:C-468
Characters:
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Grand Illusion!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils:
Dick Giordano (credited)
Inks:
Steve Mitchell (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Milt Snapinn (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6949
Characters:
Aquaman; Black Manta (imposter, not the real Black Manta); Cal Durham; Mera; Oconn; Dr. Vulko
Synopsis:
Black Manta and his army of misfits attack Atlantis but are stopped by Aquaman in an unusual way.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Feature continues in Action Comics #517.

Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Dateline: Adventure / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-636

...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching
(Table of Contents: 4)

Starman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils:
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks:
Romeo Tanghal (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited as Adrienne)
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:J-6988
Characters:
Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Mn'torr; Jediah Rikane; Merria
Synopsis:
Mn'Torr gives his life and the last of his power to Starman.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Storyline concludes in DC Comics Presents #36.

[A Night at the Nuthouse]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Martin Pasko (credited)
Pencils:
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks:
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors:
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters:
John Costanza (credited)
  • Genre:superhero; humor
Characters:
Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; T. Foster Fabricent; Sam Spudd; Minnastroni; Lucky
Synopsis:
While working at the Old Gumshoe Sanitarium, Woozy stumbles onto a plot to steal some artwork.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Feature continues in Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #43.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Aquaman
  2. Grand Illusion!
    Aquaman
  3. Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!
    Hostess Twinkies; Superman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Dateline: Adventure
  5. ...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching
    Starman
  6. [A Night at the Nuthouse]
    Plastic Man
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