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Adventure Comics 485

ADVENTURE COMICS #485

Cover Date: September 1981
Cover Price: $0.50
Publication Date: 1981-05-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: George Pérez
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Evil Eight!" (24 Pages)
Chapter 2: "No Freedom For Fairfax!"
Chapter 3 "In Final Combat"

Credits:

StoryMarv Wolfman
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksDennis Jensen (Chapter 1), Frank Chiaramonte (Chapter 2), Larry Mahlstedt (Chapter 3)
LetteringJohn Costanza
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
Associate editingMike W. Barr
EditingLen Wein

Feature Character(s):

Chris King (uses the H-E-R-O-dial to become Gravity Boy, Blast Boy, Electrostatic and Lumino; see Comments)
Vicki Grant (uses the H-E-R-O-dial to become Hummingbird, Hydra, Hyptella and Sonik; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Greg King (in between issues #484 and #486)
Gary King (in between issues #484 and #487)
Brad Mann (in between issues #484 and #486)

Villain(s):

Master (next in DC Comics Presents #44)
Evil Eight
Arsenal (first appearance; see Comments)
Chondak (first appearance; see Comments)
Familiar (first appearance; see Comments)
Ice King (first appearance; see Comments)
K-9 (first appearance; see Comments)
Maniak (first appearance; see Comments)
Phantasm (first appearance; see Comments)
Piledriver (first appearance; see Comments; next in JLA #18)
Vipers (Rick Strong identified)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #523; next in DC Special Series #26)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Justice League of America #194; next in DC Special Series #26)
Wonder Woman (in between Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #285 and #286)

Other Character(s):

police officers
President Ronald Reagan

Cameo Appearance(s):

Mister Thin (in a photograph)

Location(s):

Fairfax
Washington, DC
The White House

Comment(s):

Additional credits per order of identification:
Chondak created by Nelson Jimenez, 18, University of Connecticut.
Ice King created by Marshall Ferguson, 18, Baltimore, MD.
Hummingbird created by Stephen Moore, 20, Casa Grande, AZ.
Gravity Boy created by Jeffrey Odenweller, 15, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Piledriver created by David Wile, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Hydra created by Alicia Shing, 14, Shrewsbury, MA.
Blast Boy created by Gilbert Fein, 14, H.A.F.B., FL.
Maniak created by Stephen Cappiello, Stamford, CT.
Phantasm created by Sixto Miguel, 18, Laredo, TX.
Hyptella created by Christopher Kraska, 13
Electrostatic created by J.P. Thill, 18, Monmouth, OR.
K-9 created by George Longley II, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Arsenal created by Roger Banham, 11, Whitehall, NC.
The Familiar created by Ben Stillwell, 23, Adolphus, KY.
Lumino and Sonik created by Karl Heitmueller, 15, Lancaster, PA.


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