Adventure Comics #501 [Direct]

(July 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.

Codename: Pinkeye! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Nansi Hoolahan [as Nansi H.]

Letters:

Todd Klein

Editing:

Len Wein (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Pinkeye [Alex Pinkus]; Police Chief Branner; Trixie Vixon

Synopsis:

Agent Pinkeye is revealed as the killer of Dimitri Dervish and is captured by Plas and Woozy.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #469 (March 1980)

Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy]; Ronn Kar (applicant); Alaktor (applicant); Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis:

Rejected applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler to battle the Legion.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963)

Indexer Notes

Reformatted to fit 8 full pages.

Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy]; Alaktor; Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis:

Alaktor projects Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds into Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's bodies. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963)

Indexer Notes

Reformatted to fill 9 full pages.

Ultra Boy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ultra Boy

Indexer Notes

pin-up

The Chameleon Stone! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

William Woolfolk

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Wendell Crowley (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Ravar; Cranshaw Jeffers

Synopsis:

The Chameleon Stone, a magical artifact that can change its shape to anything its holder desires, is stolen by Ravar and used to fight Captain Marvel.

Reprints:

• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #91 (December 1948)

The Ghost that Haunted Money! (Table of Contents)

Spectre / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

The Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Frankie Barron

Synopsis:

When bank robber Frankie Barron is killed by a security guard during a holdup, he returns as a ghost to help other crooks rob the same bank.

Reprints:

• from The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #7 (November-December 1968)

["Hey, Happy, am I payin' you to read newspapers..."] (Table of Contents)

Ray / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as E. Lectron]

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Cronin (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ray [also appears as Happy Terrill]; Stradivous; Mr. Jennings

Synopsis:

The musician Stradivous, who can hypnotize anyone with his clarinet, works with Jennings to hijack a shipment of gold.

Reprints:

• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #17 (December 1940)

As the Seas Die (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Skeates

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jim Aparo

Editing:

Dick Giordano (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera; Vulko; Ocean Master; Phil Darson; Professor Dan Davidson; Miles Leland

Synopsis:

Aquaman and Aqualad pursue a masked saboteur who is targeting the Leland Factory for polluting the ocean. Meanwhile, in Atlantis, the Ocean Master wants to contact Aquaman.

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #49 (January-February 1970)

Part I: The Legionnaires' Super-Contest! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese (splash only); ?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]

Synopsis:

The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and holds a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes. Polar Boy passes the first test.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963)

Indexer Notes

Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call on splash page. Reformatted to fill 8 full pages.

Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

Motrt Weisinger (original story)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]; Sun Woman

Synopsis:

Night Girl defeats the tyrant Sun Woman, and the other Subs succeed at their tasks, except Stone Boy, who quits. But when Saturn Girl reveals that he only quit in order to keep bystanders from being injured, Stone Boy wins the contest. He surprises everyone by refusing the honor, not wanting to leave his friends in the Subs.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963)

Indexer Notes

Reformatted to fill 8 full pages.

Legion of Substitute Heroes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Color Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]

Indexer Notes

pin-up

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 two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes; Shazam; Aquaman; Ray; Spectre; Plastic Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Howard Bender [as Bender] (signed)

Inks:

Paris Cullins [as Paris] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]; Captain Marvel; Ravar; Aquaman; the Ray; the Spectre; Frankie Barron; Plastic Man; Pinkeye

Indexer Notes

back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.