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Issue: Adventure Comics #503
Publication Date: September 1983
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Issues: #503 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: 05/10/1983
Volume: 48
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Last issue.
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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 Legion Mutiny!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-422
Disclose Notes: Howard Bender confirmed his pencils and Pablo Marcos inks on the border artwork. Bender also confirmed the characters drawn in the border and back cover represented all the main characters that ever appeared in Adventure Comics (posted on his Facebook page, 21 June 2017).
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Adventure Comics No. 503

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
Includes indicia at bottom of page.
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The Mutiny of the Legionnaires! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: In their great exploits in the 30th century, the Legion of Super-heroes have had an unbreakable tradition of loyalty and obedience...
Synopsis: Sun Boy gets a little crazy after being stressed for too long.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #318 published March 1964
was Part I: The Mutiny of the Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Part II: The Castaway Legionnaires!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Cast adrift, lost in space, six Legionnaires face doom!
Synopsis: The Legion must survive after being stranded in space by the crazed Sun Boy.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #318 published March 1964
was Part II: The Castaway Legionnaires! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Brickface the Wall-to-Wall Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Brickface (villain); Mason Stucko (villain); Ms. Bloch
First Line: You should've been there (unless of course your were) department: mere moments ago, everyone's favorite shape-shifter rescued a distressed damsel...
Synopsis: Plastic Man defeats the villains Brickface and the Trowel.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #471 published May 1980
was Brickface the Wall-to-Wall Killer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Original cliffhanger ending removed.
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The Big Pull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Brother Warnn; Steev; Jimm
First Line: I cannot help! Such concepts have no meaning to me!
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.
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From Content Item: FlagAquaman #51 published May 1970
was The Big Pull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 16
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The Traders' Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: In another dimension, a strange craft speeds around weird rolling spheres... past weird intersecting planes...
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.
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From Content Item: FlagAquaman #52 published July 1970
was The Traders' Trap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
Job Number: G-466
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The Tower of the Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Jeff Sloane; Gorgonus; Varnu
First Line: 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...
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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #414 published January 1972
was The Tower of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-1419
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Kill-- or Be Killed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Jeff Sloane; Allura
First Line: The memories come quicker now, flooding across your mind like a terrible tide...
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.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #415 published February 1972
was Kill -- Or Be Killed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Story of the Newsboy Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens
Character(s): Frankie the Fence (villain); Chips Carder (villain)
First Line: A wise man once said... "There is no such thing as a bad boy!"...
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.
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From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled Comics #7 published April 1942
was The Story of the Newsboy Legion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
Job Number: X-204
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Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Here's a story you'll chuckle over for years to come...
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.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #76 published April 1964
was Elastic Lad Jimmy and His Legion Romances! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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New Comics #1 cover

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First Line: This comic, published in 1935, was one of the first "true" comics (not merely collections of syndicated newspaper strips).
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From Content Item: FlagNew Comics v1 #1 published December 1935
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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New Adventure Comics #12 cover

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First Line: By issue #12 (1936), "Adventure" had been sneaked into the title but the emphasis still remained on humor.
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From Content Item: FlagNew Adventure Comics v1 #12 published January 1937
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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New Adventure Comics #15 cover

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: A mere three issues later, the covers changed their trend toward realism -- or "light" adventure, if you prefer -- but the interiors remained a mixture.
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From Content Item: FlagNew Adventure Comics v2 #3 (15) published May 1937
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Stories
First Line: The chronological reprinting of the Legion's adventures rolls onward this month...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comments about the Legion stories in the issue.
Inside back cover.
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100 Pages of Thrills!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Many tiny characters in illustration surrounding a box with promos for the stories in the issue. With the border of the front cover, features all the main characters that have appeared in Adventure Comics over the years.
Back cover.

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