Adventure Comics #440 (Jul.-Aug., 1975)
Arriving in spinner racks in late April, 1975, the 440th issue of DC’s Adventure Comics featured an updated look, as the title’s current lead feature — the Spectre — finally got a cover logo of his own. A number of artist Jim Aparo’s earlier covers, excellent as they were, hadn’t even featured the character’s name anywhere in their copy… which was perhaps not the best call ever made by editor Joe Orlando. But now, finally, we had the return of the classic logo that the great Ira Schnapp had designed for the Spectre’s Silver Age revival in Showcase back in 1965, which had then gone on to grace most of the issues of his subsequent titular series. It was a good move — though one that came a little late, given that Adventure #440 would be the last to feature the Spectre as the book’s headliner. Read More
