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Issue: Adventure Comics #496

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Publication Date: February 1983

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Issues: #496 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)

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Variant: CA Cover Price

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Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/04/1982

Volume: 48

Pages: 100

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893170902

Price: $1.50 CAD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
11 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Carl Gafford (editor); Nicola Cuti (editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Adventure Comics #496 [Direct Sales]

Adventure Comics #496 [CA Cover Price]

2 Adventure Comics #496 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)

Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, superhero

Feature(s): Supergirl; Challengers of the Unknown

Character(s): Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-977

For Nearly 50 Years, the Leader in Innovation Has Been... Adventure Comics

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

Tomorrow's Answers!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): Alex Toth

Inker(s): Frank Giacoia

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn

Editor(s): Carl Gafford

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown

Character(s): Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Cyrus Haley

Synopsis: Continued from last issue... The not-yet-Challengers are still trying to discover who sabotaged their jet... In Hawaii, Prof and Rocky pay a call on Prof's cousin Freddie, who was passed over to inherit Uncle Cyrus's fortune. Rocky kicks in a door - and finds Uncle Cyrus, alive and cranky! Cyrus faked his death to avoid taxes, and now attacks Prof with his cane! Cyrus collapses with heart trouble. Neither the old man nor Freddie could have rigged a sabotage... In Las Vegas, Ace and Red visit Bernie, a loan shark that gambler Red owes a fortune. He wants Red alive to pay his debt. What about Johnny Green, an old friend of Red's? He was supposed to fly with them. As for the plastic sabotage gizmo - Ace yells, "Plastic, that's it!" Continued...

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Pages: 9

Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney

Inker(s): Jim Mooney

Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn

Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Supergirl

Character(s): Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Lois Lane; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy]; Whizzy (descendant of Streaky); Positive Man; Chameleon Men [also appear disguised as Legionnaires]; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Streaky

Synopsis: Traveling to the 30th century, Supergirl defeats the Positive Man to help the Legion of Super-Heroes, who have lost their powers. Later, she exposes the Chameleon Men who have been posing as the Legionnaires.

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Pages: 14

Notes: The real Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Triplicate Girl do not appear in this story, only their Chameleon Men impostors.

Underworld Reward, Part 2

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Skeates

Penciller(s): Jim Aparo

Inker(s): Jim Aparo

Colorist(s): Bob LeRose (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): Jim Aparo

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Aquaman

Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera (cameo)

Synopsis: Aquaman defeats the nameless gangsters then is transported away by a mysterious invention and finds Mera standing before him.

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Pages: 23

The Mystery of the Missing Newsstand!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Elliot S! Maggin

Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum

Inker(s): Dave Cockrum

Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): ?

Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Captain Marvel Jr.

Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [also appears as Freddy Freeman]; Good-Natured Joe

Synopsis: Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a gang of crooks who stole Freddy's newsstand.

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Pages: 5

Superman's Super-Courtship!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Siegel

Penciller(s): Jim Mooney

Inker(s): Jim Mooney

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn

Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Supergirl

Character(s): Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Superman; Luma Lynai; Helen of Troy; Rhondous; adult Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Man; Phantom Woman; Chameleon Man; Triplicate Woman; Sun Man; Saturn Woman; Brainiac 5; Lightning Man]; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers

Synopsis: Supergirl tries to find the perfect mate for Superman.

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Pages: 12

Dreams of Doom

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Kirby

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby

Inker(s): Joe Simon

Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson

Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Sandman

Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Monroe Alvin; Torchy Grogan; Bugs Baron; Doctor Hoak

Synopsis: One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas.

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Pages: 10

Menace of the Mystic Mastermind

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Friedrich

Penciller(s): Neal Adams

Inker(s): Neal Adams

Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)

Letterer(s): Charlotte Jetter

Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original story)

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

Feature(s): The Spectre

Character(s): Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Jack Dold

Synopsis: When interdimensional forces accidentally grant superpowers to "Sad" Jack Dold, he embarks on a crime spree and battles Wildcat and the Spectre.

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Pages: 23

The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Levitz

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Background information on the two Supergirl/Legion reprints in this issue.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)

Inker(s): Frank Giacoia (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Spectre; The Sandman; Captain Marvel Jr.; Aquaman

Character(s): Spectre; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Jack Dold; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy; Monroe Alvin; Captain Marvel, Jr; Aquaman

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover.