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Issue Details

Issue #492
Published October 1982
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing Carl Gafford; Dick Giordano

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Satan; Supergirl; Brainiac 5
Genre superhero
Pencils Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks Mike DeCarlo (signed)

10 page Shazam! story "...Battle With the Gods!"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Master Man; Set; Ahriman; Cernobog; Tezcatlipoca
Synopsis The Marvels and Kid Eternity defeat Satan and his band of gods.
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Don Newton
Inks John Calnan
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Milt Snapinn

23 page Aquaman story "The Trail of the Ring!"

Characters Aquaman; Vulko; Narkran; Aqualad; Zancol; Aquagirl (cameo); Aquababy [Arthur Curry, Jr.](cameo); Mera (cameo flashback)
Synopsis Aquaman continues his quest to find the missing Mera.
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) #41 (September-October 1968)

13 page Supergirl story "The Three Super-Heroes!"

Characters Supergirl; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid]; Superman
Synopsis The Legion wants to induct Supergirl, but Red Kryptonite ages her past their limit, forcing her rejection.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger (original story)
Notes Reprint of the third appearance of the Legion of Super Heroes; first appearances of Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Invisible Kid.
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #267 (August 1960)

8 page Black Canary story "The Canary and the Cat! Part Two"

Characters Black Canary; Bertha Kane; Catwoman (cameo); Green Arrow (cameo flashback)
Genre superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Letters Alex Toth
Notes Title taken from this story's appearance in BLACK CANARY ARCHIVES (DC, 2001).
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #419 (May 1972)

10 page Sandman story "The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack "

Characters Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis
Synopsis Ex-convict "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis seeks revenge on the Sandman.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #85 (April 1943)

8 page Superboy story "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!"

Characters Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lightning Lad; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)
Synopsis Lex Luthor uses Green Kryptonite against Superboy in a new and deadly way, but Lightning Lad saves his friend.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Letters Joe Letterese
Editing Mort Weisinger (original story)
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

24 page Spectre story "Beyond the Sinister Barrier!"

Characters Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Shathan the Eternal; Azmodus (flashback)
Synopsis The Spectre battles the demonic Shathan the Eternal.
Genre superhero; occult
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Editing Julius Schwartz (original story)
Reprinted from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #61 (March-April 1966)