Adventure Comics #503

(September 1983)

Adventure Comics No. 503 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Mutiny of the Legionnaires (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes; Time Trapper (first appearance)

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964)

The Castaway Legionnaires (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (March 1964)

[Brickface the Wall-to-Wall Killer] (Table of Contents)

Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko

Pencils:

Joe Staton

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Glynis Wein

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Brickface (villain); Mason Stucko (villain)

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #471 (May 1980)

The Big Pull (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Skeates

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Auqaman; Aqualad; Mera

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #51 (May-June 1970)

The Traders' Trap (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Steve Skeates

Pencils:

Jim Aparo

Inks:

Jim Aparo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

G-466

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aquaman; Mera

Reprints:

• from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #52 (July-August 1970)

The Tower of the Dead (Table of Contents)

Zatanna / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Gray Morrow

Inks:

Gray Morrow

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

J-1419

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatanna

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #414 (January 1972)

Kill--or Be Killed (Table of Contents)

Zatanna / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Gray Morrow

Inks:

Gray Morrow

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zatanna; Zatara

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #415 (February 1972)

The Newsboy Legion (Table of Contents)

Guardian / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

X-204

Content Information

Characters:

Guardian (first appearance; origin); Newsboy Legion

Reprints:

• from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (April 1942)

Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Jimmy Olsen [Elastic Lad]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Sun Boy (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo)]; Lucy Lane

Reprints:

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #76 (April 1964)

[New Comics #1 cover] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Inks:

Vin Sullivan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from New Comics (DC, 1935 series) #1 (December 1935)

[New Adventure Comics #12 cover] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #12 (January 1937)

[Adventure Comics #15 cover] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #15 (May 1937)

The Story Behind the Stories (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Comments about the stories in the issue.

100 Pages of Thrills! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Bender [as HBender] (signed)

Inks:

Pablo Marcos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Many tiny characters in illustration surrounding a box with promos for the stories in the issue. Characters are those which have appeared in Adventure Comics over the years.