Adventure Comics #492

(October 1982)

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

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

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Don Newton

Inks:

John Calnan

Colors:

Adrienne Roy

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Job Number:

J-8282

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Master Man; Set; Ahriman; Cernobog; Tezcatlipoca

Synopsis:

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

The Trail of the Ring! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Skeates

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

Bob LeRose (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Jim Aparo (?)

Editing:

Dick Giordano (original story)

Content Information

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)

Supergirl / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Jim Mooney

Inks:

Jim Mooney

Colors:

Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

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)

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

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil (signed)

Pencils:

Alex Toth (signed)

Inks:

Alex Toth (signed)

Colors:

Tom Ziuko (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Alex Toth

Content Information

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).

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

The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack (Table of Contents)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

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)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

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)

Spectre / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

Anthony Tollin (reprint colorist)

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

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.