Adventure Comics

This article is about the DC Comics series. For the studio, see Malibu Comics.
"Adventure comics" redirects here. For the genre of comics, see Action-adventure comics.
Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics #40 depicting the first superhero cover of the series featuring Sandman (Wesley Dodds) in the cover. Art by Creig Flessel.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
Schedule
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  • Monthly:
    #32–85, #103–424, #467–503
    Bimonthly:
    #86–102, #425–66
Format
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  • (vol. 1)
    Standard (#32–490, #504–529)
    Digest (#491–503)
Publication date
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  • (vol. 1)
    November 1938 – February 1982; September 1982 – September 1983
    (vol. 2)
    October 2009 – August 2010
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    September 2010 – October 2011
No. of issues
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  • (vol. 1): 503
    (vol. 2): 12, with a #0 issue
    (vol. 1 cont.): 14
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Adventure Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics 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 Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman. The series was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist Clayton Henry and writer Geoff Johns.[1] 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".

  1. ^ Johns, Geoff (w), Manapul, Francis (p), Manapul, Francis (i). "The Boy of Steel, Part One" Adventure Comics, vol. 2, no. 1 (October 2009).
    Johns, Geoff (w), Henry, Clayton (p), Henry, Clayton (i). "Long Live the Legion, Part One" Adventure Comics, vol. 2, no. 1 (October 2009).