Adventure Comics #492 [Direct]

(October 1982)

Continuing the Legend That Is Adventure Comics (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Carl Gafford ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

...Battle With the Gods! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)

Pencils

Don Newton (credited)

Inks

John Calnan (credited)

Colors

Adrienne Roy (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn (credited)

Job Number

J-8282

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Captain Marvel Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Kid Eternity [Christopher "Kit" Freeman]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]; Master Man; Mr. Keeper; Set; Ahriman; Cernobog; Tezcatlipoca

Synopsis

The Marvels and Kid Eternity defeat Satan and his band of gods.

Reprints

• in Shazam!: The World's Mightiest Mortal (DC, 2019 series) #3 ([July] 2021)

The Trail of the Ring! (Table of Contents: 3)

Aquaman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

Bob LeRose (reprint colorist)

Letters

Jim Aparo

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (original story)

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Aquaman [straight, shadow behind]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman; Vulko; Narkran; Aqualad; Zancol; Aquagirl (cameo); Aquababy [Arthur Curry, Jr.](cameo); Mera (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Aquaman continues his quest to find the missing Mera.

Reprints

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #41 (September-October 1968)

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

The Three Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 4)

Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Supergirl

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid]; Superman

Synopsis

The Legion wants to induct Supergirl, but Red Kryptonite ages her past their limit, forcing her rejection.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (August 1960)

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the third appearance of the Legion of Super Heroes; first appearances of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Invisible Kid.

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

[The Canary and the Cat! Part Two] (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Canary / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil (credited, signed)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited, signed)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited, signed)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (reprint colorist)

Letters

Alex Toth

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Black Canary

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Canary [Dinah Drake]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo flashback); Bertha Kane (villain, President of the Women's Resistence League); Marcy (villain); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (villain, cameo) (cameo)

Synopsis

Black Canary awakes in the back of a truck and learns that she is being taken on a 450 mile trip to intercept a prison car containing the League's true leader: the Catwoman!

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #419 (May 1972)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from this story's appearance in Black Canary Archives (DC, 2001 series).

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack (Table of Contents: 6)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Joe Simon (credited)

Colors

Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis

Synopsis

Ex-convict "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis seeks revenge on the Sandman.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #85 (April 1943)

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

The Army of Living Kryptonite Men! (Table of Contents: 7)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Superboy

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lightning Lad; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)

Synopsis

Lex Luthor uses Green Kryptonite against Superboy in a new and deadly way, but Lightning Lad saves his friend.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

Beyond the Sinister Barrier! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Spectre / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (reprint colorist)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original story)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Shathan the Eternal; Azmodus (flashback)

Synopsis

The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal.

Reprints

• from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #61 (March-April 1966)

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Story Behind the Stories / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)