Adventure Comics #495

(January 1983)

For nearly 50 years, the leader in innovation has been...Adventure Comics (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

Yesterday's Clues! (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

Alex Toth

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

Carl Gafford

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Carl Gafford

Job Number:

J-8285

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]

Synopsis:

Continued from last issue... The not-yet-Challengers hang in Rocky's apartment, reading and paying bills. Only Prof frets about the jet sabotage. Ace wonders if he's the target. When he dumped a cargo of nitro, he exposed gold for prospectors but buried an Eskimo burial ground. "Angry Eskimos booby-trapped our plane? C'mon!" Red recounts how he was installing a radio tower in South America and almost killed by a dictator. Prof recounts how he helped rescue a sunken statue. Prof had inherited a fortune that cut his cousin Freddie out of the will. Prof needs to talk to Freddie. But first, Red has something to confess... Continued.

Indexer Notes

An original adventure based on their origin in Showcase 6 and Challengers of the Unknown 31. Learn more about the Challs at www.challengersoftheunknown.com.

The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

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]; Sun Boy (impostor); Tom Tanner; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Chief Parker

Synopsis:

Superboy meets new Legion member Sun Boy (who is later revealed to be an impostor). Meanwhile, reform school escapee Tom Tanner (a double for Clark Kent) tries to take over Clark's life in Smallville.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #290 (November 1961)

Indexer Notes

first appearance of Sun Boy; original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953). Reformatted to fill 14 full pages.

Underworld Reward (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 22 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; Aqualad; Mera (cameo flashback); Aquababy (cameo flashback)

Synopsis:

Aquaman finds himself in conflict with a gang of unnamed criminals.

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #44 (March-April 1969)

The Man Without a World (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

Owen Blessitt (reprint colorist)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana

Synopsis:

Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing that he killed all the inhabitants of a planet.

Reprints:

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #141 (February 1953)

The Legion of Super-Traitors! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy (also appears as Clark Kent); Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl]; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto, Streaky, Super-Monkey, Super-Horse]; Brain Globes of Rambat; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Mon-El

Synopsis:

Superboy is attacked by his friends in the Legion, under the evil influence of the Brain-Globes of Rambat. After the Legionnaires regain their senses, they gather four super-pets to defeat the Brain-Globes.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #293 (February 1962)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Legion of Super-Pets; first appearance of Comet the Super-Horse.

Crime Carnival (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

Editing:

Whitney Ellsworth (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sandman; Sandy; Stretcho; Midge; Presto; Samson

Synopsis:

Sandman and Sandy battle the villains of the Mammoth Carnival.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #84 (March 1943)

Die, Spectre--Again! (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Neal Adams

Inks:

Neal Adams

Colors:

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Dirk Rawley; Mona Marcy; Commissioner Hackett

Synopsis:

The evil etheric body of magician Dirk Rawley emerges and forces him into crime.

Reprints:

• from The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #2 (January-February 1968)

Indexer Notes

Edited or reformatted so that the original 23 page story fits into 22 pages.

The Story Behind the Story (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Background information on the two Superboy/Legion reprints in this issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

100 pages of Non-Stop Adventure! (Table of Contents)

Sandman; Superboy; Captain Marvel; Spectre; Aquaman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Keith Giffen [as Giffen] (signed)

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal [as Tanghal] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sandman; Sandy; Superboy; Sun Boy (impostor); Captain Marvel; Spectre; Aquaman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.