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Adventure Comics #496

DC Comics

United States

Published: February 1983
Page count: 100
Cover price: 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Colour: Colour
Format: Comic series
GCD: www.comics.org/issue/358601

Credits

Editing: Carl Gafford
Nicola Cuti

Issue contents

Cover Untitled (Supergirl; Challengers of the Unknown) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Supergirl; Challengers of the Unknown
Code: C-977
Characters: Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy

Credits

Art: Gil Kane
Colours: Anthony Tollin
Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes

Lettering and coloring credits from Carl Gafford in a December 2010 e-mail.

Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 — Untitled

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1. Tomorrow's Answers! (Challengers of the Unknown) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature: Challengers of the Unknown
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Cyrus Haley

Credits

Script: Bob Rozakis
Pencils: Alex Toth
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Colours: Anthony Tollin
Letters: Milt Snapinn
Editing: Carl Gafford

Synopsis

Continued from last issue... The not-yet-Challengers are still trying to discover who sabotaged their jet... In Hawaii, Prof and Rocky pay a call on Prof's cousin Freddie, who was passed over to inherit Uncle Cyrus's fortune. Rocky kicks in a door - and finds Uncle Cyrus, alive and cranky! Cyrus faked his death to avoid taxes, and now attacks Prof with his cane! Cyrus collapses with heart trouble. Neither the old man nor Freddie could have rigged a sabotage... In Las Vegas, Ace and Red visit Bernie, a loan shark that gambler Red owes a fortune. He wants Red alive to pay his debt. What about Johnny Green, an old friend of Red's? He was supposed to fly with them. As for the plastic sabotage gizmo - Ace yells, "Plastic, that's it!" Continued...

Notes

An original adventure that expands on the Challs' origin from Showcase 6 and Challengers of the Unknown 31. Learn more about the Challengers at www.challengersoftheunknown.com.

2. Supergirl's Greatest Challenge! (Supergirl) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature: Supergirl
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Lois Lane; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy]; Whizzy (descendant of Streaky); Positive Man; Chameleon Men [also appear disguised as Legionnaires]; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Streaky

Credits

Script: Jerry Siegel
Art: Jim Mooney
Colours: Gene D'Angelo (reprint colorist)
Letters: Milt Snapinn
Editing: Mort Weisinger (original story)

Reprint history

Source: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (April 1962)
— Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!
Also printed: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #373 (March 1969)
— Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!
: The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
— Supergirl's Greatest Challenge
: Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
— Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!
: Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2008)
— Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!
Printed in: Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #7/1976 ([juli] 1976)
: Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
: Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)

Synopsis

Traveling to the 30th century, Supergirl defeats the Positive Man to help the Legion of Super-Heroes, who have lost their powers. Later, she exposes the Chameleon Men who have been posing as the Legionnaires.

Notes

The real Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Triplicate Girl do not appear in this story, only their Chameleon Men impostors.

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

3. Underworld Reward Part 2 (Aquaman) Comic story, 23 pages

Featuring

Feature: Aquaman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera (cameo)

Credits

Script: Steve Skeates
Art: Jim Aparo
Colours: Bob LeRose (reprint colorist)
Letters: Jim Aparo
Editing: Dick Giordano (original story)

Synopsis

Aquaman defeats the nameless gangsters then is transported away by a mysterious invention and finds Mera standing before him.

Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

4. The Mystery of the Missing Newsstand! (Captain Marvel, Jr.) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature: Captain Marvel, Jr.
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Captain Marvel, Jr. [also appears as Freddy Freeman]; Good-Natured Joe

Credits

Script: Elliot S! Maggin
Art: Dave Cockrum
Colours: Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)
Editing: Julius Schwartz (original story)

Synopsis

Captain Marvel, Jr. battles a gang of crooks who stole Freddy's newsstand.

Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

5. Superman's Super-Courtship! (Supergirl) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Supergirl
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Superman; Luma Lynai; Helen of Troy; Rhondous; adult Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Man; Phantom Woman; Chameleon Man; Triplicate Woman; Sun Man; Saturn Woman; Brainiac 5; Lightning Man]; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers

Credits

Script: Jerry Siegel
Art: Jim Mooney
Colours: Carl Gafford (reprint colorist)
Letters: Milt Snapinn
Editing: Mort Weisinger (original story)

Reprint history

Source: Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #289 (June 1962)
— Untitled [Superman's Super-Courtship!]
Also printed: Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #12 ([November 1962?])
— Superman's Super-Courtship!
: Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #12 ([November 1962?])
— Superman's Super-Courtship!
: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #390 (March-April 1970)
— When Supergirl Played Cupid (retitled)
: The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
— Superman's Super-Courtship!
: Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999) ([September] 1999)
— Superman's Super-Courtship!
: Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
— Superman's Super-Courtship!
: Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([December] 2008)
— Superman's Super-Courtship
Printed in: Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #12 ([November 1962])
: Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)
: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
: Supergirl: The Silver Age (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([October] 2018)
: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)

Synopsis

Supergirl tries to find the perfect mate for Superman.

Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

6. Dreams of Doom (Sandman) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Sandman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Monroe Alvin; Torchy Grogan; Bugs Baron; Doctor Hoak

Credits

Script: Jack Kirby
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colours: Nansi Hoolahan (reprint colorist)
Letters: Howard Ferguson
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (original story)

Synopsis

One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas.

Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

7. Menace of the Mystic Mastermind (Spectre) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Spectre
Genre: Superhero; occult
Characters: Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Jack Dold

Credits

Script: Mike Friedrich
Art: Neal Adams
Colours: Jerry Serpe (reprint colorist)
Editing: Julius Schwartz (original story)

Synopsis

When interdimensional forces accidentally grant superpowers to "Sad" Jack Dold, he embarks on a crime spree and battles Wildcat and the Spectre.

Notes

Coloring credits from Carl Gafford in December 2010 e-mail.

8. The Story Behind the Stories Text article, 1 page

Credits

Author: Paul Levitz
Letters: typeset

Notes

Background information on the two Supergirl/Legion reprints in this issue.

9. Untitled (Spectre; Sandman; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Aquaman) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature: Spectre; Sandman; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Aquaman
Genre: Superhero
Characters: Spectre; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Jack Dold; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy; Monroe Alvin; Captain Marvel, Jr; Aquaman

Credits

Pencils: Keith Giffen
Inks: Frank Giacoia

Indicia

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35981

Entry created

24/02/2008

Index completed

06/04/2012

Last updated

05/10/2012

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