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Issue: Adventure Comics #494
Publication Date: December 1982
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Issues: #494 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/10/1982
Volume: 47
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Prof Haley; Ace Morgan]; Superman; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Continuing the Legend That Is Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Part Two: Contract on a Champ!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Prof Haley]
Synopsis: Retelling of the origin of the Challengers continues.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Part I: Superboy's Big Brother!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Kal-El]; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
Synopsis: When a space ship crashes outside Smallville, Superboy finds an amnesiac super-powered youth who might be his older brother. He christens him Mon-El and sets him up with a secret identity, but he soon finds evidence that Mon-El is not in fact Kryptonian.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #89 published June 1961
was Superboy's Big Brother! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Part 2: The Secret of Mon-El!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy; Mon-El [Bob Cobb; Lar Gand] (origin); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Miss Joyce; King Mycerinua; Rhodopis; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Phantom Zone
Synopsis: Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam named Lar Gand, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Lar Gand into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #89 published June 1961
was [Superboy's Big Brother! Part II] The Secret of Mon-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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To Win Is to Lose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aqualad; Aquaman; Aquagirl; Vulko; Phil Darson
Synopsis: Aqualad continues the search for Mera while Aquaman is temporarily sidelined.
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From Content Item: FlagAquaman #43 published January 1969
was To Win Is to Lose! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Story has an Aqualad logo instead of Aquaman.
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Captain Marvel Faces Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Fear; Dr. Carl de Reine; Sterling Morris (cameo)
Synopsis: The living embodiment of Fear causes trouble for Captain Marvel by stirring up a panic with rumors about an atomic bomb in the city.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #89 published October 1948
was Captain Marvel Faces Fear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Legion of Super-Villains!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Legion of Super-Villains [Cosmic King; Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Man (Adult Lightning Lad); Cosmic Man (Adult Cosmic Boy); Saturn Woman (Adult Saturn Girl)]
Synopsis: Lex Luthor presumes that the existence of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future requires a legion of super-villains as well and manages to contact them from his prison cell. They travel into the "past" to free him, and join forces to destroy Superman. However, he foils their plans by removing Saturn Queen's criminal tendencies.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #147 published August 1961
was The Legion of Super-Villains! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11
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The Sinister Lives of Captain Skull!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Captain Skull
Synopsis: The use of an experimental anesthetic on a sniper-shot ambassador causes him to be possessed by his ancestor, an 18th century pirate named Captain Skull who has received strong supernatural powers in the process. Only the Spectre can stand against him.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spectre #1 published November 1967
was The Sinister Lives of Captain Skull! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Paul Levitz gives background information about the Legion-oriented reprints in this issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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100 Pages of the Greatest Adventures Ever!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Superboy; Mon-El; Aqualad; Spectre
Synopsis: One panel each previewing the four stories in this issue that were not depicted on the front cover.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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