Adventure Comics #503 [Canadian]

(September 1983)

Adventure Comics No. 503 (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Nicola Cuti ?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.
Includes indicia at bottom of page.

The Mutiny of the Legionnaires! Part I (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (sourced)

Pencils

John Forte (sourced)

Inks

John Forte (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In their great exploits in the 30th century, the Legion of Super-heroes have had an unbreakable tradition of loyalty and obedience...

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes: Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Light Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]
The Time Trapper (first appearance)

Synopsis

Sun Boy gets a little crazy after being stressed for too long.

Reprints

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

Part II: The Castaway Legionnaires! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Edmond Hamilton (sourced)

Pencils

John Forte (sourced)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cast adrift, lost in space, six Legionnaires face doom!

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Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes: Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Light Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem]; Star Boy [Thom Kallor]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna]; Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]

Synopsis

The Legion must survive after being stranded in space by the crazed Sun Boy.

Reprints

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

[Brickface the Wall-to-Wall Killer] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Martin Pasko (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Editing

Len Wein (credited) (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You should've been there (unless of course your were) department: mere moments ago, everyone's favorite shape-shifter rescued a distressed damsel...

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Plastic Man

Genre

superhero; humor

Characters

Chief Branner; Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Brickface (villain); Mason Stucko (villain); Ms. Bloch

Synopsis

Plastic Man defeats the villains Brickface and the Trowel.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Original cliffhanger ending removed.

The Big Pull (Table of Contents: 5)

Aquaman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Aparo

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I cannot help! Such concepts have no meaning to me!

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Aquaman [arching]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aqualad [Garth]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Ocean Master [Orm Marius]; Brother Warnn; Steev; Jimm

Synopsis

Aquaman struggles to escape a weird alien water-world, while Mera and Aqualad deal with Ocean Master while trying to figure out what happened to Aquaman.

Reprints

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

The Traders' Trap! (Table of Contents: 6)

Aquaman / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates (credited)

Pencils

Jim Aparo (credited)

Inks

Jim Aparo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jim Aparo

Editing

Dick Giordano (credited) (original story)

Job Number

G-466

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In another dimension, a strange craft speeds around weird rolling spheres... past weird intersecting planes...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Nuidis Vulko

Synopsis

Aquaman deals with aliens and primitives in another dimension while trying to return home. Mera's desire for him to return helps bring him back.

Reprints

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

The Tower of the Dead! (Table of Contents: 7)

Zatanna / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Gray Morrow (credited)

Inks

Gray Morrow (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Editing

Joe Orlando (original story)

Job Number

J-1419

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Fragments of memory -- the shock and fear in her heart as her father, Zartara the magician, used his sorcery to cast her off the Earth...

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Zatanna the Magician!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zatanna; Jeff Sloane; Gorgonus; Varnu

Synopsis

Zatanna and Jeff are stranded in another dimension, where the king forces them to enter a mysterious castle. In the castle, the two encounter Gorgonus, a Medusa-like creature, who turns Jeff to stone.

Reprints

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

Kill-- or Be Killed (Table of Contents: 8)

Zatanna / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Gray Morrow (credited)

Inks

Gray Morrow (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Editing

Joe Orlando (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The memories come quicker now, flooding across your mind like a terrible tide...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zatanna; Zatara; Jeff Sloane; Allura

Synopsis

Zatanna and Jeff return to Earth, which frees Jeff from his stony trap. They encounter and battle little goblins, who reveal that Zatara, Zatanna's father, is going to summon monsters to Earth. Zatanna battles Zatara, and learns his old foe Allura is really behind it all.

Reprints

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

[The Story of the Newsboy Legion] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Simon (credited); Jack Kirby (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Joe Simon (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original story)

Job Number

X-204

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A wise man once said... "There is no such thing as a bad boy!"...

Genre

adventure; children; superhero

Characters

The Newsboy Legion: Big Words (introduction); Gabby (introduction); Scrapper (introduction); Tommy Tompkins (introduction)
The Guardian [Jim Harper] (introduction); Frankie the Fence (villain); Chips Carder (villain)

Synopsis

Police officer Jim Harper discovers he can do good as the costumed Guardian in situations where the law is limited. Meanwhile, he also meets a group street kids who sell newspapers, and they help him bring down a criminal.

Reprints

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

Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (sourced)

Pencils

John Forte (sourced)

Inks

John Forte (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Mort Weisinger (original story)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's a story you'll chuckle over for years to come...

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

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes: Light Lass [Ayla Ranzz]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (cameo); Triplicate Girl [Luornu Durgo]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah] (cameo)
Elastic Lad; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

The ladies of the Legion bring Jimmy Olsen to the future to make him feel better about himself after he is snubbed by Lucy Lane.

Reprints

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

[New Comics #1 cover] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Pencils

Vin Sullivan (signed as Vin Sullivan)

Inks

Vin Sullivan (signed as Vin Sullivan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This comic, published in 1935, was one of the first "true" comics (not merely collections of syndicated newspaper strips).

Reprints

• from New Comics (DC, 1935 series) #v1#1 (December 1935)

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

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

Pencils

Whitney Ellsworth

Inks

Whitney Ellsworth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

By issue #12 (1936), "Adventure" had been sneaked into the title but the emphasis still remained on humor.

Reprints

• from New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #v1#12 (January 1937)

[New Adventure Comics #15 cover] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Colors

?

Editing

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A mere three issues later, the covers changed their trend toward realism -- or "light" adventure, if you prefer -- but the interiors remained a mixture.

Reprints

• from New Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #v2#3 (15) (May 1937)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Paul Levitz (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The chronological reprinting of the Legion's adventures rolls onward this month...

Indexer Notes

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

100 Pages of Thrills! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)