''Adventure Comics'' is an

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series published by

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from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. The series was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist

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and writer

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.
It returned to its original numbering with #516 (September 2010). The series ended again with #529 (October 2011) prior to a company-wide revision of DC's superhero comic book line, known as "The New 52".

Publication history

''Adventure Comics'' began its nearly 50-year run in December 1935 under the title ''New Comics'', which was only the second comic book series published by

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, now

. The series was retitled ''New Adventure Comics'' with its 12th issue in January 1937. Issue #32 (November 1938) saw the title changed again to ''Adventure Comics'', which would remain the book's name for the duration of its existence. Originally a humor comic, it evolved into a serious adventure series. In issue #12, while the series was briefly re-titled ''New Adventure Comics'',

Joe Shuster Joseph Shuster (; July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), professionally known simply as Joe Shuster, was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 (c ...

and

Jerry Siegel Jerome Siegel ( ; October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996)Roger Stern. ''Superman: Sunday Classics: 1939–1943'' DC Comics/Kitchen Sink Press, Inc./ Sterling Publishing; 2006 was an American comic book writer. He is the co-creator of Superman, in ...

introduced the first version of the character Jor-L as a

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detective in the far future; the character would eventually become the alien father of

, although the first Superman story, in ''

'' #1, would not appear until more than a year after Jor-L's first appearance. The series' focus gradually shifted to superhero stories starting with the debut of the

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in issue #40. Other superheroes who appeared in the early days of ''Adventure'' included

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(from #48 to #83);

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created by writer

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and artist

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in issue #61 (April 1941) (#61–102); and

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and

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's Manhunter replacing a similarly named business-suited investigator beginning with #73 (April 1942) until #92. A pivotal issue of the series was #103 (April 1946), when

Superboy Superboy is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comicbooks published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series featuring ...

Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His secret identity, real name is Olive ...

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, and

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moved to the series from their previous home in ''

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'', which was itself converted to a humor format. Starman's and Sandman's series were canceled to make room for the new features, while

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moved to the comic the new arrivals had just vacated. Superboy became the star of the book, and would appear on each cover into 1969 (counting Superman on the covers of issues #354–355). Superboy's popularity in ''Adventure'' resulted in the character receiving his own title in 1949, when superhero titles in general were losing popularity.

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the Superdog debuted in issue #210 (March 1955) in a story by

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and

Curt Swan Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Bronze Age of Comic Books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 195 ...

. In issue #247 (April 1958), by Otto Binder and artist

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, Superboy met the

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, a team of super-powered teens from the future. The group became popular, and would replace " Tales of the Bizarro World" as the ''Adventure'' backup feature with #300, and soon be promoted to its lead.

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, one of the Legion's founding members, was killed in ''Adventure Comics'' #304 (January 1963) and revived in issue #312. Issue #260 (May 1959) saw the first Silver Age appearance of

. In ''Adventure Comics'' #346 (July 1966),

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, 14 years old at the time, wrote his first Legion story. Shooter wrote the story in which

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died – the first "real" death of a Legionnaire (although Lightning Lad had been believed dead for a while before) – and introduced the

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. The Legion feature lasted until issue #380. With the next issue,

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migrated from the backup slot in ''Action Comics'' to the starring feature in ''Adventure'' and ran until issue #424. The series reached its 400th issue in December 1970 and featured a Supergirl story written and drawn by

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. As of #425 (December 1972), the book's theme changed from superhero adventure to fantasy/supernatural adventure. That issue debuted one new feature along with three non-series stories, the pirate saga "Captain Fear". The next edition added a semi-anthology series, "The Adventurers' Club". Soon, editor

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was trying out horror-tinged costumed heroes such as the Black Orchid, and then the

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. Before long, conventional superheroes returned to the book, beginning behind the Spectre, first a three-issue run of

(issues #435–437, an early assignment for

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) and then a newly drawn 1940s

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script (issues #438–443). Aquaman was promoted to lead (issues #441–452), and backing him up were three-part story arcs featuring the Creeper (#445–447), the

Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and designed by artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" ...

(#449–451), bracketed by issue-length Aquaman leads. He was awarded his own title and Superboy (#453–458) took over ''Adventure'' with

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(#453–455) and

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(#457–458) backups. Following this was a run as a Dollar Comic format giant-sized book (issues #459–466), including such features as the resolution of '' Return of the New Gods'' (cancelled in July–August 1978), "

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", and the "

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". The standard format returned (issues #467–478), split between a new

named Prince Gavyn and

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. With an increase in the story-and-art page count, the last four issues also included one more run of Aquaman. All three were dropped simultaneously to make way for a new version of an old feature, "

Dial H for Hero ''Dial H for Hero'' is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a magical dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short time, such as an hour, by selecting the letters H-E-R-O in order. Each time it is used, the di ...

" (issues #479–490). Issue #490 (February 1982) saw the comic's cancellation. "Dial 'H' for Hero" was moved to ''New Adventures of Superboy'' as of that series' issue #28. ''Adventure Comics'' was soon rescued. As of the September issue it was revived as a

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comic. This format lasted from issues #491–503, with most stories during this period being reprints (featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes, from the beginning and in chronological order, and others), and with new stories featuring the

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and the

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including a new five-issue retelling of their origin. The long-running title was discontinued with the September 1983 issue.

''80-Page Giant''

An ''Adventure Comics 80-Page Giant'' was released in 1998.

''Justice Society Returns''

DC published an ''Adventure Comics'' #1 as part of the company's ''

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'' event in 1999.

''Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian''

As part of the 2008 " Superman: New Krypton" story arc, a special issue of ''Adventure Comics'' was published, titled ''Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian'' #1 (cover dated January 2009). Jimmy Olsen continues to delve into the mystery surrounding the American government's safeguards against the new Kryptonian population.

Revival

The five-issue miniseries '' Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds'' led into an all-new volume of ''Adventure Comics'', featuring the revived Conner Kent/Superboy and the

. The main creative team of

and

Francis Manapul Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Filipino Canadian comic book artist and writer. Career Manapul is known for his work on ''Witchblade'' and '' The Necromancer'' for Top Cow, working on the former for three years, off and on, returnin ...

debuted in a backup story in ''Adventure Comics'' #0 (April 2009). A secondary feature starring the Legion of Super-Heroes was co-written with Mike Shoemaker and drawn by

. The first issue of the new run of ''Adventure Comics'' was released on August 12, 2009, and features watermarked numbering marking it as both #1 ''and'' #504, thus continuing the original numeration of the series concurrently with the volume 2 numeration. For the variant incentive cover editions, the original numeration was dominant on the cover while the vol. 2 numeration was the watermarked numbering marking. The indicia of the comic book also reflects this dual numbering. The title officially returned to its original vol. 1 numbering with #516 (cover dated September 2010), until #529 when it was finally ended prior to DC's

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company reboot.

Main feature

Superboy: The Boy of Steel (former)

The revived ongoing title ''Adventure Comics'' features Conner as the headlining character for the first six issues in the story arc entitled, "Superboy: The Boy of Steel". It begins as Conner settles back into his life in Smallville, Kansas. Returning to live with Martha Kent, who is thrilled to take the young boy in after her husband's death, Conner returns to Smallville High School and begins keeping a journal of everything Superman has done as a costumed hero, going down a checklist titled, "What Did Superman Do?" He and the also recently returned

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supposedly rejoin the

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, and Conner symbolizes the team being "stacked" again by destroying his memorial statue outside of Titans Tower West.

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

After the Johns and Manapul run, writer

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took over the series. It was renumbered with its previous numbering and highlighted Clark Kent's years as Superboy as well as the Legion of Super-Heroes' past. Starting with issue #523, the Legion Academy, by Levitz and

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, became the major feature.

Second feature

Long Live the Legion (former)

The Legion of Super-Heroes appeared as the second feature in issues #504–514 before taking over as the lead feature in issue #515 (August 2010).

Atom

Following this was the

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Brightest Day ''Brightest Day'' is a 2010–11 crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of a year-long comic book maxiseries that began in April 2010, and a number of tie-in books. The story is a direct follow-up to the ''Blackest Night'' storyli ...

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'', written by

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with art by

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. The same team was to create a ten-part, ten-page "Atom" co-feature in ''Adventure Comics'', but DC ended all its second features and reduced its titles to twenty pages of story. Issue #521 was the last issue to feature the Atom.

Collected editions

*''Golden Age

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'' Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #40–57, 224 pages, January 2005, *''Golden Age

Archives'' ** Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #61–76, 224 pages, May 2000, ** Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #77–102, 272 pages, July 2009, *''The Sandman by Kirby and Simon'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #72–102, 304 pages, August 2009, *''

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'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #103–121, 224 pages, August 2010, *''

Archives'' ** Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300–305, 255 pages, 1991, ** Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #306–317, 224 pages, 1992, ** Volume 3 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #318–328, 224 pages, 1993, ** Volume 4 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #329–339, 224 pages, 1994, ** Volume 5 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #340–349, 224 pages, 1994, ** Volume 6 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #350–358, 224 pages, 1996, ** Volume 7 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #359–367, 240 pages, May 1998, ** Volume 8 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #368–376, 240 pages, February 1999, ** Volume 9 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #377–380, 256 pages, November 1999, *''

Showcase Presents ''Showcase Presents'' was a line of black-and-white paperback books published by DC Comics (from 2005 - 2016) at an average rate of two per month. Much like Marvel Comics' '' Essential Marvel'' volumes, each book usually included over 500 pages of ...

: Legion of Super-Heroes'' ** Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300–321, 552 pages, April 2007, ** Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #322–348, 528 pages, April 2008, ** Volume 3 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #349–368, 552 pages, April 2009, ** Volume 4 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #369–380, 528 pages, October 2010, *''

: The Silver Age Omnibus'' ** Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300–328, 688 pages, 2017, ** Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #329-360, 680 pages, 2018, *''Showcase Presents:

'' Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #250–266, 528 pages, January 2006, *''Showcase Presents:

'' Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #260–280, 282, 284, 544 pages, February 2007, *'' Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #293–299, 192 pages, September 2000, *'' DC Comics Classics Library: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Life and Death of

'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #346–347, 352–355, 357, 128 pages, March 2009, *''

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Archives'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #399 and #418–419, 224 pages, December 2000, *'' Wrath of the Spectre'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #431–440, 200 pages, June 2005, *''Showcase Presents: The Spectre'' – includes stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #431–440, 624 pages, May 2012, *''The Spectre: The Wrath of the Spectre Omnibus'' collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #431-440, 680 pages, September 2020, *''

Omnibus'' collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' 460-466, 944 pages, December 2020, *''

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'' Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #461–466, 224 pages, February 2007, *''Showcase Presents:

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'' – includes stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #461–466, 448 pages, September 2011, *''The Steve Ditko Omnibus'' Volume 2 – includes Starman stories from ''Adventure Comics'' #467–478, 384 pages, January 2012, *''DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, issues #1–4, 100 pages, February 2012 *'' Superboy: The Boy of Steel'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, issues #0–3, 5–6, 144 pages, May 2011, *'' Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps'' – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, issues #4–5, 176 pages, August 2011, *''Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns'' – includes story from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, issue #7, 256 pages, August 2011, *'' Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton'' ** Volume 1 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, #8–9, 168 pages, November 2010, ** Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, #10–11, 128 pages, January 2011, *''Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird'' Volume 2 – collects stories from ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2, #8–10, 208 pages, October 2011, *''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes: The Early Years'' collects ''Adventure Comics'' #515–520, Vol. 2 #12, 144 pages, May 2011, *''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2: Consequences'' collects ''Adventure Comics'' #521–522, 208 pages, September 2011, *''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3: When Evil Calls'' collects ''Adventure Comics'' #523–529, 320 pages, April 2012,

Awards

The series has won several awards for itself and its creators over the years, including the

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for Best Pencil Artist (Humor Division) for

Bob Oksner Bob Oksner (October 14, 1916 in Paterson, New Jersey – February 18, 2007) was an American comics artist known for both adventure comic strips and for superhero and humor comic books, primarily at DC Comics. Biography Oksner's early wo ...

for his work on ''Adventure Comics'' and other DC comics in 1970.

References

External links

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