Dates
- Cover date
- April 1983
- On sale
- December 14, 1982
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #498 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893170904 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.
Barcode 0709893170904 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 8 pages
Plastic Man and Woozy Winks are asked to make sure the snitch Carlton Canary gets to police custody safely.
- The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy! · Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes · 13 pages
Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants about his origin.
- Come the Revolution · 16 pages
Aquaman and Mera save Aqualad from a monstrous creature. Back in Atlantis, Aquagirl and the rebels confront Narkran.
- Captain Marvel Battles the World's Maddest Ghost! · Captain Marvel · 7 pages
Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing he is dead and has returned as a ghost.
- The Man Who Knew All the Answers · The Sandman · 10 pages
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!
- Sun-Boy's Lost Power! · Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes · 12 pages
Sun Boy loses his powers and must leave the Legion.
- The Thanksgiving Thieves! · 6 pages
A gang of thieves plan robberies while the city is occupied watching the Thansgiving Day Parade.
- The Spectre Means Death? · 23 pages
The Psycho-Pirate works behind the scenes to cause ordinary people to fear the Spectre more than the menacing giant he is fighting.
- The Story Behind the Stories · 1 pages
Paul Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue.