Adventure Comics (1938) #430

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Adventure Comics (1938) - #430
"[Black Orchid]"
DC Comics

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Writer(s):
Arnold Drake
Sheldon Mayer

Penciller(s):
Tony DeZuniga
Luis Dominguez

Inker(s):
Tony DeZuniga
Luis Dominguez

Editor(s):
E. Nelson Bridwell
Joe Orlando

Cover Artist(s):
Robert 'Bob' Oksner

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Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1973
Cover Price: US $0.20

Issue Tagline: None.

Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 32 pages

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Letters Column: Dateline: Adventure

Synopsis:
A 14-page Black Orchid story backed up with a six-page tale of The Adventurer's Club.

Notes:
The letter's page carries comments from JOHN CAMERON (Southfield, Mich), HELMUT SCHROETTER (Appleton, Wisc), KEITH GRIFFIN (Mobile, AL), JERRY STEPHEN (Bonne Terre, MO), SCOTT GIBSON (Sterling, CO).

DC house ads this issue include full-pagers for (1) the super-sized Limited Collector's Edition C-22 starring TARZAN OF THE APES ("Warning... This is a very limited edition!") and (2) the 100-page YOUNG LOVE #107 boasting "9 of the greatest love stories ever!" There are also half-page ads for (1) WONDER WOMAN #209 and (2) for the Dec/Jan issue of KORAK... SON OF TARZAN.

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Writer(s):
Sheldon Mayer

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Tony DeZuniga

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Tony DeZuniga

Letterer(s):
Marcos Pelayo

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Black Orchid (DC)(01 - Susan Linden-Thorne)
Mr. Finney
Mademoiselle Magique
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Nick Scrumm

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Writer(s):
Arnold Drake

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Luis Dominguez

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Luis Dominguez

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Nelson Strong

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