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Issue: Adventure Comics #495
Publication Date: January 1983
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Issues: #495 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: 09/14/1982
Volume: 48
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Carl Gafford (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

This comic book appears in the movie "Dreamscape" (1984) starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw. The comic book (along with Arak, Son of Thunder #17) are lying on a coffee table about 11 minutes into the film.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru [as Andru] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano [as Giordano] (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown; Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-976
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For Nearly 50 Years, the Leader in Innovation Has Been... Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Gafford ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Yesterday's Clues!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Editor(s): Carl Gafford
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]
Synopsis: Continued from last issue... The not-yet-Challengers hang in Rocky's apartment, reading and paying bills. Only Professor Haley frets about the jet sabotage. Ace wonders if he's the target. Red recounts how he was installing a radio tower in South America and almost killed by a dictator. Professor Haley recounts how he helped rescue a sunken statue. Professor Haley had inherited a fortune that cut his cousin Freddie out of the will. Professor Haley needs to talk to Freddie. But first, Red has something to confess... Continued.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: J-8285
Disclose Notes: An original adventure based on their origin in Showcase 6 and Challengers of the Unknown 31.
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The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Sun Boy (impostor); Tom Tanner; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Phantom Girl; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Chief Parker
Synopsis: Superboy meets new Legion member Sun Boy (who is later revealed to be an impostor). Meanwhile, reform school escapee Tom Tanner (a double for Clark Kent) tries to take over Clark's life in Smallville.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #290 published November 1961
was The Secret of the Seventh Super-Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Sun Boy; original story is partially rewritten from "The Two Clark Kents" in Adventure Comics #191 (August 1953). Reformatted to fill 14 full pages.
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Underworld Reward!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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 flashback); Aquababy (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Aquaman finds himself in conflict with a gang of unnamed criminals.
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From Content Item: FlagAquaman #44 published March 1969
was Underworld Reward! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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The Man Without a World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): Owen Blessitt (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana
Synopsis: Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing that he killed all the inhabitants of a planet.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #141 published February 1953
was The Man without a World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Legion of Super-Traitors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl]; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto, Streaky, Super-Monkey, Super-Horse]; Brain Globes of Rambat; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Mon-El
Synopsis: Superboy is attacked by his friends in the Legion, under the evil influence of the Brain-Globes of Rambat. After the Legionnaires regain their senses, they gather four super-pets to defeat the Brain-Globes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #293 published February 1962
was The Legion of Super-Traitors! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Legion of Super-Pets; first appearance of Comet the Super-Horse.
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Crime Carnival!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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; Stretcho; Midge; Presto; Samson
Synopsis: Sandman and Sandy battle the villains of the Mammoth Carnival.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #84 published March 1943
was Crime Carnival! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Die, Spectre--Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dirk Rawley; Mona Marcy; Commissioner Hackett
Synopsis: The evil etheric body of magician Dirk Rawley emerges and forces him into crime.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spectre #2 published January 1968
was Die, Spectre--Again! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: The original page 12 (a half page) removed and the original page 23 reformatted to a full page so that the original story over 23 pages fits into 22 full pages.
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The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Background information on the two Superboy/Legion reprints in this issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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100 Pages of Non-Stop Adventure!

Illustration  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Gafford ?
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen [as Giffen] (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal [as Tanghal] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman; Superboy; Captain Marvel; The Spectre; Aquaman
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy; Superboy; Sun Boy (impostor); Captain Marvel; Spectre; Aquaman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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