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Issue: Adventure Comics #498
Publication Date: April 1983
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Issues: #498 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/06/1983
Volume: 48
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893170904
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
13 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Carl Gafford (editor); Nicola Cuti (editor)
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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 Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!; Sun Boy's Lost Power!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-104
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Adventure Comics

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein
Penciller(s): Joe Staton
Inker(s): Bob Smith
Colorist(s): Gene d'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Paul Levitz (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Eel O'Brian] (origin); Woozy Winks; Carlton Canary [Yellowbelly]
First Line: It is merely an old desk top...
Synopsis: Plastic Man and Woozy Winks are asked to make sure the snitch Carlton Canary gets to police custody safely.
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Pages: 8
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Bouncing Boy Mini-Poster

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): James Sherman
Inker(s): Jack Abel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Bouncing Boy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pin-up using artwork from earlier "Origins and Powers of the Legionnaires" feature.
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The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy (origin); Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo)]; Lester Spiffany; Storm Boy; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo)
Synopsis: Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants about his origin.
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Pages: 13
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Come the Revolution

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; Mera; Aquagirl; Aqualad; Narkran; Vulko
Synopsis: Aquaman and Mera save Aqualad from a monstrous creature. Back in Atlantis, Aquagirl and the rebels confront Narkran.
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Pages: 16
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Captain Marvel Battles the World's Maddest Ghost!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Marvel
Character(s): Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; Dexter Knox
Synopsis: Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing he is dead and has returned as a ghost.
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Pages: 7
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The Man Who Knew All the Answers

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]; Hiram Gaunt; Ed Porter
Synopsis: Sandman and Sandy face the threat of a scientist who has invented a machine whose revitalizing vibrations allow a man to develop his unused brain cells, tripling his thinking power!
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Pages: 10
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Sun-Boy's Lost Power!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy (cameo); Shrinking Violet (cameo)]; Kranyak; Professor Harding; Kryptonian Flame-Beast
Synopsis: Sun Boy loses his powers and must leave the Legion.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Sun Boy and Ultra Boy both have hyphens in their names in this issue. Reformatted to fill 12 full pages.
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The Thanksgiving Thieves!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mary Marvel
Character(s): Mary Marvel [also appears as Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield
Synopsis: A gang of thieves plan robberies while the city is occupied watching the Thansgiving Day Parade.
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Pages: 6
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The Spectre Means Death?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Neal Adams
Penciller(s): Neal Adams
Inker(s): Neal Adams
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (original story)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): The Spectre
Character(s): Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Psycho-Pirate [Faceless Man]; Gat Benson
Synopsis: The Psycho-Pirate works behind the scenes to cause ordinary people to fear the Spectre more than the menacing giant he is fighting.
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Pages: 23
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The Story Behind the Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Paul Levitz discusses the 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) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Nicola Cuti ?
Penciller(s): Howard Bender
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Aquaman; Plastic Man; The Sandman; The Spectre; Captain Marvel
Character(s): Aquaman; Plastic Man; Sandman; Sandy; Hiram Gaunt; Spectre; Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Previews of the stories in the issue.

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