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Adventure Comics, #486 Direct

Published: October 1981

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Adventure Comics #486

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Issue Contents:
Hell on Earth!
1 page superhero
Storyline

Grockk and Firegirl battle Sulphur and Brimestone.

Characters
Credits
We Are Looking for a Few Good Boys and Girls
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers. On top half of inside front cover.

Can't Find DC Comics on the West Coast?
Story 2 1 page
Characters
  • Superman
Story Notes

Ad for independently owned comics shops in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Brought to you by The Funny Pages, Berkeley, California. On bottom half of inside front cover.

Hell on Earth
Story 3 17 pages superhero
Storyline

Grockk, son of the Devil, creates Firegirl out of an experiment of Professor Oxford's, and intends to use her to rule the world. However, the Dial H heroes defeat him when Firegirl decides the humans deserve her help. Meanwhile, Vicki and Brad get back together and she refuses to talk to Chris when they are not superheroes.

Characters
  • Grockk
  • Firegirl
  • Thaddeus Oxford
  • Vicki Grant [Puma
  • Sulphur]
  • Brad
  • Christopher King [Enlarger Man
  • Brimstone]
  • Greg King
  • Roger Dunbar
Credits
Story Notes

Credits from letter page. In two chapters. Chapter 1 is not numbered, has no separate title, and is the first 8 pages. Chapter 2 is numbered, is titled "Fear Over Fairfax!" and is the final 9 pages. Character ideas from: Paula Hunter (Firegirl), Glenn Lemonds (Puma), Douglas Kalish (Enlarger Man), Rock Bakletea (Grockk), Douglas Holben (Brimstone and Sulphur). Brimstone is not the same character who later battles Firestorm in the Legends story arc.

Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste.
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for bubble gum. Between pages 4-5 of "Hell on Earth" story.

Lights... Camera... Crime!
Story 5 1 page superhero
Storyline

Batman foils the robbery of a bank, made to look like a movie shoot, by distracting the Crime Director's gang with Hostess Cup Cakes.

Characters
  • Batman
  • Crime Director
Credits
Story Notes

Ad in comic format for Hostess Cup Cakes from Continental Baking Company. Between pages 9-10 of "Hell on Earth" story.

Story 6 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from: Joshua Adam Bilmes, Tim Wahowske, and Robert Buethe.

Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors!
Story 7 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for Life Saver logo premiums, including flashlight, sleeping bag, and knapsack.

Here Come the Heroes!
Story 8 2 pages superhero
Storyline

The tale of how Vicki and Chris found their H-E-R-O dials in an old chest in the house Chris' family moved into.

Characters
  • Christopher King
  • Vicki Grant
  • Roger Dunbar
  • Brad
Credits
Story Notes

Credits from letters page.

The Plight of the Flight Pirate
Story 9 7 pages superhero
Storyline

Vicki runs a solo mission to recover a Rembrandt painting from the Sky Raider, who stole it from her father.

Characters
  • Sky Raider
  • James Grant
  • Samatha Grant
  • Greg King
  • Vicki Grant [Sparrow Hawk]
Credits
Story Notes

Credits from letters page. Letterer credit from Steven Tice. Sparrow Hawk idea from George Longley.

Write Right Now!
Story 10 1 page
Characters
  • Charles Atlas
Story Notes

Ads in classified format for comics, magic trick novelties, body building, martial arts training, baseball card collecting suplies, Vacutex blackhead remover, and more. S. Schwarz & Co. agent. Between pages 3-4 of Flight Pirate story.

Now You Can Dial "H" for Hero
Story 11 1 page
Characters
  • Christopher King
  • Vicki Grant
Credits
Story Notes

Form for submitting character and story ideas for this comic to DC Comics. Notes that ideas used will receive a t-shirt.

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash
Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for sales people for greeting cards and gifts. On inside back cover.

Drive the Fastest Cars in the World
Story 13 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for Magnum 440 toy cars from Tyco. On back cover.