Adventure Comics #499 [Direct]

(May 1983)

Adventure Comics Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Includes indicia at bottom of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Plastic Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Nansi Hoolahan (credited) (reprint colorist)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Ross Andru (credited) (guest editor - original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What in blazes happened here, Plas? This place looks like it was hit by a tornado!

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Plastic Man

Genre

superhero; humor

Characters

Chief Branner; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Dimitri Dervish; Ninotchka

Synopsis

Plas fights the triple-jointed murdering ballet dancer Dimitri Dervish.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #468 (February 1980)

The Fantastic Spy! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Saturn Girl... I have information that one of us Legionnaires is a... traitor! I order you to read our minds with your super thought-power, and name the guilty spy!

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes: Superboy [Clark Kent]
Legion of Super-Heroes: Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem] (origin) (first appearance); Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]
Dr. Landro; Meglaro

Synopsis

New Legionnaire Matter-Eater Lad is accused of being a traitor.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #303 (December 1962)

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail. Story reformatted from 11.7 pages to fill 12 full pages.

A Kingdom to Re-Build (Table of Contents: 4)

Aquaman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as JA [circle])

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited) (signed as JA [circle])

Colors

Bob LeRose (reprint colorist)

Letters

Jim Aparo (credited)

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (original story)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquagirl [Tula]; Aqualad [Garth]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Nuidis Vulko; Narkran

Synopsis

The Aqua-family is reunited in Atlantis and Narkran is overthrown.

Reprints

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #48 (November-December 1969)

Indexer Notes

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

The Talking Tiger (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder (credited)

Pencils

C. C. Beck (credited)

Inks

C. C. Beck (credited)

Colors

Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letters

?

Editing

Wendell Crowley (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pardon me, Mister! Have you seen a tiger around here anywhere?

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Shazam! The Original Captain Marvel

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Tawky Tawny (first appearance)

Synopsis

Tawky Tawny leaves his jungle home for the big city, where he meets Captain Marvel.

Reprints

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #79 (December 1947)

The Villain from Valhalla! (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

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the misty caverns of the past rises Thor, ancient god of thunder...

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The Sandman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy, the Golden Boy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor [Fairy Tales Fenton]

Synopsis

A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #75 (June 1942)

Indexer Notes

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

The Stolen Super-Powers! (Table of Contents: 7)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Saturn Girl has always been a very sweet girl who happens to be gifted with super thought-casting power.

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes: Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox]; Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle]; Colossal Boy [Gim Allon]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz] (death); Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]
Legion of Super-Heroes: Superboy [Clark Kent]
Lori Lemaris (cameo); Zaryan the Conqueror; Commander Loring

Synopsis

Saturn Girl steals the Legionnaires' super powers so she can sacrifice herself fighting Zaryan the Conqueror, but Lightning Lad dies instead.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #304 (January 1963)

Indexer Notes

Death of Lightning Lad. Saturn Girl elected Legion leader.
Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

The Man in the Moon (Table of Contents: 8)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

C. C. Beck

Inks

C. C. Beck

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Wendell Crowley (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Captain Marvel! Put in the eye!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Doc Quartz

Synopsis

Captain Marvel follows Doc Quartz to the moon, where the crazy scientist is testing some new inventions.

Reprints

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #143 (April 1953)

Pilgrims of Peril! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Spectre / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti (credited)

Inks

Murphy Anderson (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino; Jerry Grandenetti

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ashcan Alley in the Old Quarter of Gateway City -- a passerby's face turns ashen as...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Nawor

Synopsis

The Spectre battles the demon Nawor in another dimension while back on Earth Jim Corrigan faces the demon's followers -- a band of pilgrims raised from the dead!

Reprints

• from The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #6 (September-October 1968)

Indexer Notes

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

The Story Behind the Stories (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our chronological reprinting of the early adventures of the Legion heats up with two Jerry Siegel-John Forte collaborations...

Synopsis

Paul Levitz provides commentary on the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Aquaman; Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Plastic Man; Sandman; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)