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396August 1970
$0.15

Adventure Comics #396

DC · August 1970 · on sale June 30, 1970

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#396
Publication date
August 1970
Key date
August 1970
On-sale date
June 30, 1970
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mystery of the Super-Orphancover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSupergirl robot SX63
1I Am a Witch!comic story13script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Joe Letterese, Gaspar SaladinoSupergirl; Amos Ameswell; Eli Ameswell (flashback); Vincent Sale (flashback); Dr. Faustus (flashback); Cagliostro (flashback); Nostradamus (flashback); Merlin (flashback); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; General Zod; Kru-El] (all in flashback)
2-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell
3The Mystery of the Super-Orphan!comic story12script: Cary Bates; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Joe LettereseSupergirl; Superman; Krypto; Superboy robots; Supergirl robot SX63; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers

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