Adventure Comics

Adventure Comics
Cover of Adventure Comics #32 (November 1938), the first number under that name. Art by Creig Flessel.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	List Monthly: #32-85, #103-424, #467-503 Bimonthly: #86-102, #425-66
Format	List (vol. 1) Standard (#32–490, #504–529) Digest (#491–503)
Publication date	List (vol. 1) November 1938 – February 1982; September 1982- September 1983 (vol. 2) October 2009 – August 2010 (vol. 1 cont.) September 2010 – October 2011
Number of issues	List (vol. 1): 529 (vol. 2): 13 (vol. 1 cont.): 14
Main character(s)	List (vol. 1) Hourman Starman Manhunter Legion of Super-Heroes Superboy Supergirl Vigilante Crimson Avenger The Spectre Aquaman Dial H for Hero Green Arrow Flash Deadman Justice Society of America Captain Marvel (vol. 2) Legion of Super-Heroes
Creative team
Writer(s)	List (vol. 1) Otto Binder Michael Fleisher Mike Sekowsky Cary Bates Paul Kupperberg Paul Levitz Len Wein John Albano (vol. 2) Sterling Gates
Penciller(s)	List (vol. 1) Al Plastino Curt Swan Win Mortimer Jim Mooney Mike Sekowsky Bob Oksner Tony DeZuniga Gray Morrow Alex Toth Jim Aparo Mike Grell Dick Dillin Don Newton Joe Staton Irv Novick Dick Giordano Carmine Infantino (vol. 2) Francis Manapul Travis Moore (vol. 1 cont.) Mahmud Asrar Phil Jimenez
Inker(s)	List (vol. 1) Jack Abel Dick Giordano Bob Oksner Romeo Tanghal (vol. 1 cont.) Andy Lanning

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, and Batman. It was revived in 2009 by writer Geoff Johns with the Conner Kent incarnation of Superboy headlining the title's main feature, and the Legion of Super-Heroes in the back-up story. It returned to its original numbering with #516 (September 2010). The series finally ended with #529 (October 2011), prior to DC's The New 52 company reboot.

Adventure Comics began its nearly 50-year run in December 1935 under the title New Comics, which was only the second comic book series published by National Allied Publications, now DC Comics. The series was retitled New Adventure Comics with its 12th issue in January 1937. Issue #32 (November 1938) saw the title changed again to Adventure Comics, which would remain the book's name for the duration of its existence.

Originally a humor series, it evolved into a serious adventure series. In issue #12 when the series was titled New Adventure Comics, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel introduced the first version of the character Jor-L as a science fiction detective in the far future; the character would eventually become the alien father of Superman, although the first Superman story, in Action Comics #1, would not appear until more than a year after Jor-L's first appearance. The series' focus gradually shifted to superhero stories starting with the debut of the Sandman in issue #40. Other superheroes who appeared in the early days of Adventure included Hourman (from #48 to #83); Starman created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley in issue #61 (April 1941) (#61-102); and Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Manhunter replacing a similarly named business-suited investigator beginning with #73 (April 1942) until #92.