Adventure Comics 422

Synopsis for Supergirl: ”Pawn of Peace”
Two alien invaders with the power to make themselves look like Earthmen pose as scientists from a ”peace committee” and pay a visit on Professor Axel. Axel has spent ten fruitless years trying to make a giant warrior-robot work. The aliens lend a hand and animate the robot with their superior technology. But they intend to use it as a weapon, to wreak havoc in San Francisco.
On her way to the job Linda Danvers is struck by a car tossed by the robot. Linda pretends to be unconscious and changes into Supergirl as soon as possible. Supergirl engages the robot, but its power exceeds her own. Finally it grabs her in a crushing grip and climbs a skyscraper to Supergirl’s amazement, who can’t believe that robot is seriously ”pulling the King Kong bit”.
Professor Axel tries to inteverne byshort-circuiting his creation, but it’s crushed by its mighty hand. Supergirl finally hits on the idea of irradiating the robot’s ”brain” with her X-ray vision. This disrupts the robot, and it crashes inertly to earth.
Supergirl becomes Linda Danvers again and gets bawled out by Geoff for missing the robot story, and undercut by Nasthalia, who takes Geoff to lunch. Meanwhile, the alien invaders have taken on the shape of Russians, and are paying a visit to a Soviet scientist who has been trying to get his own giant robot to work.
Appearing in Supergirl: ”Pawn of Peace”
Featured Characters:
* Supergirl
Supporting Characters:
* Geoff Anderson
* Nasthalthia Luthor
Antagonists:
* Alien Invaders (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
* Charlie (Single appearance; dies)
* Professor Axel (Single appearance; dies)
* Professor Zlotsky (Single appearance)

Synopsis for Vigilante: ”Rodeo of Death”
An attempted murder at a rodeo leads the Vigilante into a case wherein a black cowboy is threatened by a racist organization.
Appearing in Vigilante: ”Rodeo of Death”
Featured Characters:
* The Vigilante (Greg Sanders)
Supporting Characters:
* Pappy Simms (Single appearance)
* Phoenix Simms (Single appearance; dies)

Aug 1972

DC Comics

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422

1972

Newsstand

$0.20

Bronze Age

Magazine

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Supergirl: ”Pawn of Peace”
Cover
Cover
Gallery
Adventure Comics Vol 1 #422
August, 1972
Executive Editor
Joe Orlando
Cover Artists
Bob Oksner
Supergirl: ”Pawn of Peace”
Writers
Steve Skeates
Pencilers
Mike Sekowsky
Inkers
Bob Oksner
Editors
Joe Orlando
Vigilante: ”Rodeo of Death”
Writers
Bill Meredith
Pencilers
Gray Morrow
Inkers
Gray Morrow
Editors
Joe Orlando

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