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Brand: DC Comics
Series: DC Super-Stars of Space, a vintage Bronze Age US superhero and science fiction anthology comic book line presented in full color within the DC Comics publishing line.
Issue: DC Super-Stars of Space No. 3 with a 50¢ cover price and 1976 cover date, a single-issue English-language comic book in the US comics tradition produced in the United States.
Characters and story focus: Features Adam Strange in the lead adventure billed as Adam Strange fights the Robot-Wraith of Rann!, along with additional spacefaring tales starring Captain Comet in Beware the Synthetic Men!, Tommy Tomorrow in Journey to Yesterday!, and a spotlight on Space Cabby, plus appearances from characters such as Ro and Abby.
Front cover artwork displays a large orange header reading DC Super-Stars of Space above bold purple SPACE lettering filled with white star specks, with four story panels showing Adam Strange struggling against a green energy creature, Captain Comet battling synthetic beings, Tommy Tomorrow framed against a futuristic cityscape, and Space Cabby piloting his rocket cab across a swirling space backdrop.
Cover elements include the DC bullet logo, a circular upper-right price and issue box listing 50¢ and No. 3, a DC Giant callout along the left edge, character and story captions for each featured hero, and a standard newsstand barcode box along the lower left border.
Back cover features a full-page Browning bicycles advertisement titled The True Adventures of John Rakowski, presented in comic-strip form as the cyclist recounts his around-the-world bicycle trip through locations such as Yugoslavia, Pakistan, India, and Turkey, with word balloons, travel scenes, and a Browning order form along the bottom margin.
Details: Vintage 1976 DC Super-Stars of Space No. 3 Bronze Age color comic book featuring Adam Strange, Captain Comet, Ro, Abby, Tommy Tomorrow, and Space Cabby in science-fiction superhero adventures; listing is for the single comic book issue shown.
