Adventure Comics #498 [Direct]

(April 1983)

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.

["Gentlemen, we are convened here today to discuss a most unusual -- and urgent -- matter..."] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Gene d'Angelo

Letters:

Ben Oda

Editing:

Paul Levitz (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man [Eel O'Brien](origin); Woozy Winks; Carlton Canary [Yellowbelly]

Synopsis:

Plastic Man and Woozy Winks are asked to make sure the snitch Carlton Canary gets to police custody safely.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #467 (January 1980)

Bouncing Boy Mini-Poster (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Bouncing Boy

Indexer Notes

Pin-up

The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy (origin); Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo)]; Lester Spiffany; Storm Boy; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo)

Synopsis:

Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants about his origin.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301 (October 1962)

Indexer Notes

According to Paul Levitz in this issue's text article, the applicant in purple in the last panel of the story is Matter-Eater Lad. Coloring credit from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail. Reformatted to fill 13 full pages.

Come the Revolution (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 16 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; Mera; Aquagirl; Aqualad; Narkran; Vulko

Synopsis:

Aquaman and Mera save Aqualad from a monstrous creature. Back in Atlantis, Aquagirl and the rebels confront Narkran.

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #47 (September-October 1969)

Indexer Notes

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

The World's Maddest Ghost! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; Dexter Knox

Synopsis:

Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing he is dead and has returned as a ghost.

Reprints:

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #138 (November 1952)

Indexer Notes

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

The Man Who Knew All the Answers (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 [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Hiram Gaunt; Ed Porter

Synopsis:

Sandman and Sandy face the threat of a scientist who has invented a machine whose revitalizing vibrations allow a man to develop his unused brain cells, tripling his thinking power!

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #74 (May 1942)

Indexer Notes

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

Sun-Boy's Lost Power! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy (cameo); Shrinking Violet(cameo)]; Kranyak; Professor Harding; Kryptonian Flame-Beast

Synopsis:

Sun Boy loses his powers and must leave the Legion.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #302 (November 1962)

Indexer Notes

Sun Boy and Ultra Boy both have hyphens in their names in this issue. Coloring credit from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail. Reformatted to fill 12 full pages.

The Thanksgiving Thieves! (Table of Contents)

Mary Marvel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Bob Oksner

Inks:

Bob Oksner

Colors:

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mary Marvel [also appears as Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield

Synopsis:

A gang of thieves plan robberies while the city is occupied watching the Thansgiving Day Parade.

Reprints:

• from Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #10 (February 1974)

Indexer Notes

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

The Spectre Means Death? (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Neal Adams

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; Psycho-Pirate [Faceless Man]; Gat Benson

Synopsis:

The Psycho-Pirate works behind the scenes to cause ordinary people to fear the Spectre more than the menacing giant he is fighting.

Reprints:

• from The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #5 (July-August 1968)

Indexer Notes

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

The Story Behind the Stories (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Paul Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Aquaman; Plastic Man; Sandman; Spectre; Captain Marvel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Howard Bender

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Plastic Man; Sandman; Sandy; Hiram Gaunt; Spectre; Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.