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Issue Details

Issue #478
Published December 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Manta
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)

8 page Aquaman story "Grand Illusion!"

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.
Genre superhero
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Steve Mitchell
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Series continues in Action Comics #517.

1 page Superman; Hostess advertisement "Superman Saves the Weather Satellites!"

Characters Superman; Tara Cobol; Fortran
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta

1 page Dateline: Adventure letters page

Letters Typeset

8 page Starman story "...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching"

Characters Starman [Prince Gavyn]; Mn'torr; Jediah Rikane; Merria
Synopsis Mn'Torr gives his life and the last of his power to Starman.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Romeo Tanghal
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Storyline concludes in DC Comics Presents #36.

9 page Plastic Man story "A Night at the Nuthouse"

Characters Plastic Man [Eel O'Brien]; 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.
Genre superhero
Script Martin Pasko
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters John Costanza
Notes Series continues in Super Friends #42.