Adventure #4

Published
July 1984
Page count
84
Cover price
0.99 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Australian Edition DC
 
Australian Edition DC
Federal Comics [straight text]
 
Federal Comics [straight text]

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Atari Force; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld) Cover, 1 page

"Featuring: Atari Force, Also featuring: Power Lords Plus: Amethyst"

Featuring

Feature
Atari Force; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
José Luis García-López, penciller [as Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]
 
Ernie Colón, penciller
 
Mark Texeira, penciller
 
José Luis García-López, inker [as Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]
 
Ernie Colón, inker
 
Dick Giordano, inker

Reprint history

First print
United States
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC, 1983 series) #1 (May 1983)
 
United States
Power Lords (DC, 1 series) #1 (December 1983)
 
United States
Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #1 (January 1984)

Notes

Wrap around cover - click image to see back cover.

Show/hide 1. First Blood (Atari Force) Comic story, 23 pages

Featuring

Feature
Atari Force
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Gerry Conway, scripter
Art
José Luis García-López, penciller [as Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]
 
Ricardo Villagrán, inker [as Ricardo Villagran]
Text
Bob Lappan, letterer
Editing
Andy Helfer, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #1 (January 1984)
Show/hide 2. Fact File 1: Champion (Atari Force) Biography (nonfictional), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Atari Force
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Gerry Conway, scripter
Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Dick Giordano, inker
Text
, typeset
Editing
Andy Helfer, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #2 (February 1984)

Notes

Fact files on Champion and Pakrat.

Show/hide 3. Fact File 2: Pakrat (Atari Force) Biography (nonfictional), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Atari Force
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Gerry Conway, scripter
Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Dick Giordano, inker
Text
, typeset
Editing
Andy Helfer, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #2 (February 1984)
Show/hide 4. The Birthright (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld) Comic story, 25 pages

Featuring

Feature
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-8036

Credits

Writing
Dan Mishkin, scripter
 
Gary Cohn, scripter
 
Dave Manak, scripter (special thanks)
Art
Ernie Colón, line art
Text
John Costanza, letterer
Editing
Karen Berger, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC, 1983 series) #1 (May 1983)
The Birthright
Also printed
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #52 (September 1984)
The Birthright
Show/hide 5. Stranded (The Barren Earth) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Barren Earth
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Writing
Gary Cohn, scripter
Art
Ron Randall, line art
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer
Editing
Laurie Sutton, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #63 (November 1982)

Notes

Beginning of the series that ran regularly in Warlord in the early 1980s.

Show/hide 6. To the Victor...The Universe (Power Lords) Comic story, 23 pages

Featuring

Feature
Power Lords
Genre
Superhero
Code
W-237

Credits

Writing
Michael Fleisher, scripter
Art
Mark Texeira, penciller
 
Jeff Dee, inker
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Andy Helfer, editor [as Andrew Helfer]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Power Lords (DC, 1 series) #1 (December 1983)
To the Victor...the Universe!

Synopsis

Adam works for Dr. Ivey at an observatory. But when Shaya lands her spacecraft near the observatory, Adam learns he is not human at all, but a descendant of the Power Lords from the planet Toran. His parents had died when Toran was attacked and he was sent to Earth so that he could one day liberate his people.

Notes

First appearance. Based on a US toy line. The US copyright notice has been retained at the bottom of page 1 of the story.


Notes

Wrap around cover.

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Neil A Hansen

AusReprints ID

  • 35

Entry created

  • 22/11/2003

Cover added

  • 10/02/2005

Index completed

  • 22/11/2003

Last updated

  • 23/10/2021