Editing Adventure Comics (section)

{{short description|Comic book series}}
{{about|the DC Comics series|the studio|Malibu Comics}}
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|image = Adventure Comics 40.jpeg 
|caption = ''Adventure Comics'' #40 depicting the first superhero cover of the series featuring [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)]] in the cover. Art by [[Creig Flessel]].
|schedule = {{collapsible list|'''Monthly:'''<br>#32–85, #103–424, #467–503<br>'''Bimonthly:'''<br>#86–102, #425–66 }}
|format = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>Standard (#32–490, #504–529)<br>Digest (#491–503)}}
|ongoing = y
|publisher = [[DC Comics]]
|date = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>November 1938 – February 1982; September 1982 – September 1983<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>October 2009 – August 2010<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>September 2010 – October 2011 }}
|issues = {{collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)''': 503<br>'''(vol. 2)''': 12, with a #0 issue<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)''': 14}}
|main_char_team = {{collapsible list| '''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Hourman]] <br> [[Starman (Ted Knight)|Starman]] <br> [[Manhunter (comics)#Golden Age|Manhunter]] <br>[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]<br>[[Superboy (Kal-El)|Superboy]]<br>[[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]]<br>[[Vigilante (comics)|Vigilante]]<br>[[Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)|Crimson Avenger]]<br>[[Spectre (DC Comics character)|Spectre]]<br>[[Aquaman]]<br>[[Dial H for Hero]]<br>[[Green Arrow]]<br>[[Barry Allen|Flash]]<br> [[Deadman (DC Comics)|Deadman]] <br> [[Justice Society of America]] <br> [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]]<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]}}
|writers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Otto Binder]]<br> [[Michael Fleisher]]<br>[[Mike Sekowsky]]<br>[[Cary Bates]] <br>[[Paul Kupperberg]]<br>[[Paul Levitz]]<br>[[Len Wein]]<br>[[John Albano]] <br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>[[Sterling Gates]]}}
|artists =
|pencillers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br> [[Al Plastino]]<br>[[Curt Swan]]<br>[[Win Mortimer]]<br>[[Jim Mooney]]<br>[[Mike Sekowsky]] <br>[[Bob Oksner]]<br>[[Tony DeZuniga]]<br>[[Gray Morrow]]<br>[[Alex Toth]]<br>[[Jim Aparo]]<br>[[Mike Grell]]<br>[[Dick Dillin]]<br>[[Don Newton]] <br> [[Joe Staton]]<br>[[Irv Novick]]<br>[[Dick Giordano]]<br>[[Carmine Infantino]]<br>'''(vol. 2)'''<br>[[Francis Manapul]]<br>Travis Moore <br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>[[Mahmud Asrar]]<br> [[Phil Jimenez]]}}
|inkers = {{Collapsible list|'''(vol. 1)'''<br>[[Jack Abel]]<br> [[Dick Giordano]]<br> [[Bob Oksner]]<br> [[Romeo Tanghal]]<br>'''(vol. 1 cont.)'''<br>[[Andy Lanning]]}}
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|subcat = DC Comics
|sort = Adventure Comics
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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 (comic book)|Superman]]'', and ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]''. The series was revived in 2009 through a new "#1" issue by artist [[Clayton Henry]] and writer [[Geoff Johns]].<ref name="Vol2">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]] | penciller = [[Francis Manapul|Manapul, Francis]] | inker = Manapul, Francis | story = The Boy of Steel, Part One | Title = Adventure Comics | Volume = 2 | Issue = #1 | date = October 2009}}<br>{{cite comic | writer = Johns, Geoff | penciller = [[Clayton Henry|Henry, Clayton]] | inker = Henry, Clayton | story = Long Live the Legion, Part One | title = Adventure Comics | volume = 2 | issue = #1 | date = October 2009}}</ref> 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 [[New 52|"The New 52"]].