Adventure Comics #500 [Newsstand]

(June 1983)

Adventure Comics No. 500 (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

Job Number

J-8670

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El [as Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Superboy (flashback); Antennae Boy (applicant); Dynamo Kid (applicant); Sun-Eater; Phantom Zone criminals

Synopsis

Following the death of Lightning Lad, the LSH recruits new member Legionnaire Lemon, or Marvel Lad, who turns out to be Mon-El, finally cured of his weakness to lead and able to leave the Phantom Zone to join the Legion full-time.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #305 (February 1963)

The Legion of Substitute Heroes! (Table of Contents: 3)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #306 (March 1963)

The Secret Power of the Mystery Super-Hero! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Roxxas

Synopsis

The Legion recruits Element Lad, who is the last survivor of Trom, to fight the space pirate Roxxas, who killed the rest of the Trommians. He wants to keep his super-power to transform elements a secret, so he joins as Mystery Lad.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #307 (April 1963)

The Return of Lightning Lad! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lass [as Lightning Lad]; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback); Superboy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)

Synopsis

Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and later joins the Legion as Lightning Lass.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #308 (May 1963)

[Part I] The Legion of Super-Monsters! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Ultra-Boy; Jungle King (applicant); Rainbow Girl (applicant); Super-Monsters

Synopsis

Legion of Super-Heroes reject Jungle King tries to get revenge with his super-beasts.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #309 (June 1963)

Part II: The Legion's Super-Showdown! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Jungle King; Super-Monsters

Synopsis

Jungle King and his super-beasts are defeated by the Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #309 (June 1963)

[Part I] The Doom of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man

Synopsis

The Legion of Super-Heroes fight Mask Man, who begins killing them one by one.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (July 1963)

Part II: Last Stand of the Legion! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man

Synopsis

Mask Man continues to kill the Legionnaires, until he is revealed as a 30th Century descendant of Mr. Mxyzptlk. Superboy defeats him, and the dead Legionnaires are restored as all the effects of his magic are undone.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (July 1963)

[Part I] The War Between the Substitute Heroes and the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese; Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Legionnaires are angry and rude every time the Substitute Legion tries to help.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963)

Part II: The Duel of the Legions! (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese; Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

The Substitute Legion battle alien impostors from the planet Zyzan who have imprisoned the real Legion.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963)

Part I: The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte (credited)

Inks

John Forte (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

The Legionnaires try to find a way to revive Lightning Lad.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #312 (September 1963)

Part II: The Bravest Legionnaire! (Table of Contents: 13)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

John Forte

Inks

John Forte

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty (dies); Lightning Lad (restored)

Synopsis

Proty sacrifices his life to revive Lightning Lad.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #312 (September 1963)

The World of Doomed Olsens! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen [1950s-70s]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos)

Synopsis

Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Reprints

• from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963)

Part I: The Condemned Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

George Klein (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lightning Lass; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Supergirl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Satan Girl

Synopsis

The girl Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus. Satan Girl tries to take their place, but attacks the girls when rejected. Supergirl follows.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963)

Part II: The Secret of Satan Girl! (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lass; Shrinking Violet; Night Girl; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Beppo; Comet]

Synopsis

Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl.

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963)

The First Five Hundred Issues (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (Adventure #300 and #403 covers); Mike Sekowsky (Adventure #400 cover); Bob Oksner (Adventure #428 cover); Jim Aparo (Adventure #446 cover); Kurt Schaffenberger (Adventure #453 cover)

Inks

George Klein (Adventure #300 cover); Dick Giordano (Adventure #400 cover); Murphy Anderson (Adventure #403 cover); Bob Oksner (Adventure #428 cover); Jim Aparo (Adventure #446 cover); Kurt Schaffenberger (Adventure #453 cover)

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp (Adventure #300 cover); ? (other covers)

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962), #400 (December 1970), #403 (March-April 1971), #428 (July-August 1973), #446 (July-August 1976), #453 (September-October 1977)

Indexer Notes

Nelson goes over the history of Adventure Comics and its predecessor titles, New Comics and New Adventure Comics. He covers several of the features that were a part of it, including Federal Men, Nadir, Sandman, Hourman, Starman, Manhunter, Superboy, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Legion of Super-Heroes, Congorilla, Tales of the Bizarro World, Supergirl, Black Orchid, Justice Society, a new Starman, and Dial H for Hero (among others). Includes six cover reprints from the series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Story Behind the Stories / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz (credited)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[10 Legion of Super-Heroes Stories!] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Pencils

Keith Giffen (signed as KEITH)

Inks

Larry Mahlstedt (signed as Larry)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy]

Synopsis

The modern Legionnaires see their Silver Age counterparts.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustration and promo for stories in the issue. Art is mirror-image of front cover, with the positions of the "classic" and "modern" Legionnaires switched.