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Issue Details

Issue #499
Published May 1983
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing Carl Gafford, Nicola Cuti

Cover Details

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.

10 page Plastic Man story "What in blazes happened here, Plas?"

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)

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Fantastic Spy!"

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)

15 page Aquaman story "A Kingdom to Re-Build"

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)

9 page Captain Marvel story "The Talking Tiger"

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)

10 page Sandman story "The Villain from Valhalla"

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)

11 page Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Stolen Super-Powers!"

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)

6 page Captain Marvel story "The Man in the Moon"

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)

23 page Spectre story "Pilgrims of Peril!"

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)

1 page text article "The Story Behind the Stories"

Script Paul Levitz
Letters typeset
Notes Levitz provides commentary on the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.

1 page Spectre; Plastic Man; Aquaman; Shazam; Sandman illustration

Characters Spectre; Plastic Man; Dimitri Dervish; Aquaman; Caprain Marvel; Tawky Tawny; Sandman; Sandy; Thor
Genre superhero
Pencils Howard Bender
Inks Frank Giacoia