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Issue: Adventure Comics #501
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #501 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: 03/15/1983
Volume: 48
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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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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The Super-Villains of All Ages!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy]; Adolf Hitler; Emperor Nero; John Dillinger
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-374
Disclose Notes: Title taken from interior story.
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Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Codename: Pinkeye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Pinkeye [Alex Pinkus]; Police Chief Branner; Trixie Vixon
Synopsis: Agent Pinkeye is revealed as the killer of Dimitri Dervish and is captured by Plas and Woozy.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #469 published March 1980
was Codename: Pinkeye! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy]; Ronn Kar (applicant); Alaktor (applicant); Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Rejected applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler to battle the Legion.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #314 published November 1963
was Part I: The Super-Villains of All Ages! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reformatted to fit 8 full pages.
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Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy]; Alaktor; Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Alaktor projects Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds into Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's bodies. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #314 published November 1963
was Part 2: The Civil War of the Legion! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Reformatted to fill 9 full pages.
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Ultra Boy

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ultra Boy
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Pages: 1
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The Chameleon Stone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Ravar; Cranshaw Jeffers
Synopsis: The Chameleon Stone, a magical artifact that can change its shape to anything its holder desires, is stolen by Ravar and used to fight Captain Marvel.
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From Content Item: FlagCaptain Marvel Adventures #91 published December 1948
was The Chameleon Stone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Ghost That Haunted Money!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): The Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Frankie Barron
Synopsis: When bank robber Frankie Barron is killed by a security guard during a holdup, he returns as a ghost to help other crooks rob the same bank.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spectre #7 published November 1968
was The Ghost That Haunted Money! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ray [also appears as Happy Terrill]; Stradivous; Mr. Jennings
First Line: Hey, Happy, am I payin' you to read newspapers...
Synopsis: The musician Stradivous, who can hypnotize anyone with his clarinet, works with Jennings to hijack a shipment of gold.
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From Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #17 published December 1940
was Music Hath Charm [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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As the Seas Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera; Vulko; Ocean Master; Phil Darson; Professor Dan Davidson; Miles Leland
Synopsis: Aquaman and Aqualad pursue a masked saboteur who is targeting the Leland Factory for polluting the ocean. Meanwhile, in Atlantis, the Ocean Master wants to contact Aquaman.
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From Content Item: FlagAquaman #49 published January 1970
was As the Seas Die [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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Part I: The Legionnaires' Super-Contest!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]
Synopsis: The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and holds a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes. Polar Boy passes the first test.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #315 published December 1963
was Part I: The Legionnaire's Super-Contest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call on splash page. Reformatted to fill 8 full pages.
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Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy]; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]; Sun Woman
Synopsis: Night Girl defeats the tyrant Sun Woman, and the other Subs succeed at their tasks, except Stone Boy, who quits. But when Saturn Girl reveals that he only quit in order to keep bystanders from being injured, Stone Boy wins the contest. He surprises everyone by refusing the honor, not wanting to leave his friends in the Subs.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #315 published December 1963
was Part II: The Winner of the Super-Tests! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reformatted to fill 8 full pages.
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The Legion of Substitute Heroes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Color Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Mini-poster"
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Stories
Synopsis: Paul Levitz discusses the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]; Captain Marvel; Ravar; Aquaman; the Ray; the Spectre; Frankie Barron; Plastic Man; Pinkeye
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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