CATALOG RECORD

Adventure Comics #497

DC · Series began 1938 · March 1983

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Dates

Cover date: March 1983
On sale: November 16, 1982
Pages: 100

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #497 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition$1.25 cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893170903 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.

Barcode 0709893170903 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Alex Toth, Curt Swan, Jim Aparo, C. C. Beck, John Forte, Al Plastino, Neal Adams, Howard Benderinks: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins, George Klein, Frank Giacoia, C. C. Beck, John Forte, Al Plastino, Neal Adamscolors: Anthony Tollin, Gene D'Angelo, Bob LeRose, Nansi Hoolahan, Jerry Serpeletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Milt Snapinn, Jim Aparoscript: Bob Rozakis, Jerry Siegel, Steve Skeates, Otto Binder, Neal Adams, Paul Levitzediting: Nicola Cuti, Mort Weisinger, Dick Giordano, Julius Schwartz

Stories

All Together Now! · 9 pages
The not-yet-Challengers investigate who sabotaged their plane. Red Ryan escorts an old friend, Johnny Green, in Las Vegas, when a car tries to run them down! Johnny explains HE was the target, not the heroes. Johnny won $300,000 from mobsters but hadn't collected. He was to fly to Vegas with Red. Mobsters planted a plastic sabotage device to crash the plane: plastic to fool metal detectors. The heroes meet the mobsters. A fight brings "Chaos in the Casino". Johnny gets paid and the mob goes to jail. And the heroes finally get their TV appearance as "Challengers of the Unknown!"
The Boy with Ultra-Powers! · 13 pages
Ultra Boy must discover Superboy's secret identity as an initiation test for the Legion.
The Explanation! · 23 pages
Mera has been held captive by the same gangsters Aquaman has been fighting. After they escape, they head for Atlantis for the final showdown with Narkran.
The Mighty Marvels Join Forces! · 15 pages
The Marvel Family unite to battle the evil Black Adam.
The Face Behind the Lead Mask! · 12 pages
At a regular meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legionnaires lose control of their powers. Urthlo arrives and announces that he now controls the Legionnaires' powers and there is nothing they can do about it. But Saturn Girl comes up with a serum to temporarily cure Mon-El and immunize him against lead, and Superboy releases him from the Phantom Zone to knock out Urthlo, who turns out to be an automaton created by Lex Luthor sent into the future to destroy the Legion.
Stop That Kid... Before He Wrecks the World! · 24 pages
An evil force invades the body of young Hamilton Benedict, giving him supernatural powers to battle the Spectre.
The Story Behind the Stories · 1 pages
Discussion of the Legion stories reprinted in the issue.