COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Adventure Comics 462 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Rocky Mountain
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Certification #:
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1013916007
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Owner:
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MAR1979
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Bronze Age Key; Death of the Golden Age/Earth II Batman. Very Rare in high grades due to black boarded front/back covers and like all of the Adventure $1 run it languished in quarter sections for decades. Which is how I got my 1st copy of the issue in 1982
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1979
Release Date: December 14, 1978
Format: 64 Saddle-Stitched Pages
Cover Price: $1.00
Cover Pencils/Inks: Jim Aparo
Justice Society of America: "Only Legends Live Forever" (15 pages)
Paul Levitz (Writer) Joe Staton (Artist) Ben Oda (Letterer) Adrienne Roy (Colorist)
A man named Bill Jensen, armed with inexplicable power scales the top of the Gotham Towers where he single-highhandedly defeats the Justice Society of America. Jensen screams that he wants to avenge himself against Commissioner Bruce Wayne, whom he believes framed him in order to further his own career. When Wayne learns of the situation, he has little choice but to come out of retirement and operate as Batman one last time. Swinging to the top of the tower, he catches the Flash, whom Jensen had hurled from the rooftop. He rests him on a ledge, then scales the tower to confront Jensen.
The other JSA members continue fighting him, but even the combined might of Green Lantern and Doctor Fate cannot stop him. Batman approaches him, and Jensen turns his power against him. He continues to struggle forward until both combatants are locked in a violent embrace. Jensen's power sears away Batman's mask, and he realizes that this is the man he has sworn to destroy -- Bruce Wayne. Driven to even greater fury, Jensen's power burns out of control, consuming both men. The Batman, one of the first and most infamous of Mystery Men... is dead.
In the following days, Bruce Wayne's body is laid to rest next to the grave of his wife, Selina, and his parents. His daughter Helena speaks with Dick Grayson about the future of the Batman legacy. Helena solemnly states that only "legends live forever".
Feature Character(s)
Justice Society of America (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Doctor Fate (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Doctor Mid-Nite (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Justice League of America #166)
Flash (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Green Lantern (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Hourman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #74; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Huntress (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Power Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Robin (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #463)
Starman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #74; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Star-Spangled Kid (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Justice League of America #166)
Superman (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Wildcat (last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; next appearance in Adventure Comics #464)
Wonder Woman (last appearance in Justice League of America #160; next appearance in Adventure Comics #466)
Guest Star(s): Batman (dies in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #461; no further appearances)
Flash: "The She-Demon of the Astral Plane" (12 pages)
Cary Bates (Writer) Don Heck (Penciller) Joe Giella (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
Deadman: "The Sins of the Father --" (12 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Penciller) Dick Giordano (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Wonder Woman: "Voyage of the Sorcerers Lost" (12 pages)
Jack C. Harris (Writer) Jack Abel (Artist) Milton Snapinn (Letterer) Jerry Serpe (Colorist)
Aquaman: "Executive Action" (12 pages)
Paul Kupperberg (Writer) Don Heck (Penciller) Robert R. Smith (Inker) Ben Oda (Letterer) Gene D'Angelo (Colorist)
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