| Issue | #499 |
| Published | May 1983 |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD |
| Pages | 100 |
| Editing | Carl Gafford, Nicola Cuti |
| Characters | Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Meglaro |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Gil Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Gil Kane |
| Notes | Brown-haired Legionnaire head does not match any characters in the interior story; possibly a miscolored Brainiac 5 or Lightning Lad. |
| Characters | Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Police Chief Branner; Dimitri Dervish |
| Synopsis | Plas fights the triple-jointed murdering ballet dancer Dimitri Dervish. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Joe Staton |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Nansi Hoolahan |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Editing | Ross Andru (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #468 (February 1980) |
| Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad (first appearance; origin); Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Superboy]; Dr. Landro; Meglaro |
| Synopsis | New Legionnaire Matter-Eater Lad is accused of being a traitor. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #303 (December 1962) |
| Characters | Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad; Aquagirl; Narkran; Vulko |
| Synopsis | The Aqua-family is reunited in Atlantis and Narkran is overthrown. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Skeates |
| Pencils | Jim Aparo |
| Inks | Jim Aparo |
| Letters | Jim Aparo |
| Editing | Dick Giordano (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #48 (November-December 1969) |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Talky Tawny (first appearance; origin) |
| Synopsis | Tawky Tawny leaves his jungle home for the big city, where he meets Captain Marvel. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Editing | Wendell Crowley (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #79 (December 1947) |
| Characters | Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor [Fairy Tales Fenton] |
| Synopsis | A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #75 (June 1942) |
| Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Triplicate Girl; Invisible Kid; Colossal Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Matter-Eater Lad; Lightning Lad; Ultra-Boy; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Phantom Girl; Mon-El; Superboy; Supergirl]; Commander Loring; Zaryan the Conqueror; Lori Lemaris (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Saturn Girl steals the Legionnaires' super powers so she can sacrifice herself fighting Zaryan the Conqueror, but Lightning Lad dies instead. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Notes | Death of Lightning Lad. Saturn Girl elected Legion leader. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1937 series) #304 (January 1963) |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Doc Quartz |
| Synopsis | Captain Marvel follows Doc Quartz to the moon, where the crazy scientist is testing some new inventions. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Editing | Wendell Crowley (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #143 (April 1953) |
| Characters | Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Nawor |
| Synopsis | The Spectre battles the demon Nawor in another dimension while back on earth Jim Corrigan faces the demon's followers -- a band of pilgrims raised from the dead! |
| Genre | superhero; occult |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Jerry Grandenetti |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Letters | Jerry Grandenetti |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #6 (September-October 1968) |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Levitz provides commentary on the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue. |
| Characters | Spectre; Plastic Man; Dimitri Dervish; Aquaman; Caprain Marvel; Tawky Tawny; Sandman; Sandy; Thor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Howard Bender |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |