Adventure Comics #491
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1982
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 0.95 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/358596
Credits
- Editing
- Carl Gafford
Dick Giordano
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Shazam!; Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Shazam!; Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- C-946
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Ibac; Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Boy [later Lightning Lad]]
Credits
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal
- Editing
- Carl Gafford
Dick Giordano
Notes
First digest-sized issue.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Shazam!
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- J-8279
- Characters
- Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel Jr.; Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Satan; Ibac; Sabbac; Master Man; Darkling; Zeus; Set (cameo); Ahriman (cameo); Cernobog (cameo); Tezcatlipoca (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Don Newton
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colours
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Phil Felix [as Philip Felix]
- Editing
- Dave Manak
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad [as Lightning Boy]; Saturn Girl]; Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Al Plastino
- Colours
- Jerry Serpe
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #247 (April 1958)
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?])
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([October 1958?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1962-1963)
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1962-1963) — The Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Boy changed to Lightning Lad and final page cut)
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?])
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #6 ([November 1965?]) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980)
-
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #1 (March-April 1980) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #491 (September 1982)
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991)
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992)
-
DC Silver Age Classics Adventure Comics 247 (DC, 1992 series) (1992) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000)
-
Millennium Edition: Adventure Comics No. 247 (DC, 2000 series) (November 2000) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) (2004)
-
World's Best Comics: Silver Age Sampler (DC, 2004 series) (2004) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Legion of Super-Heroes: 1,050 Years of the Future (DC, 2008 series) ([June] 2008) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009)
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 2009 series) #0 (April 2009) — The Legion of Super-Heroes
Synopsis
Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely intitiation pranks which proved he is a good sport.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad; Aquagirl; Aquababy [Arthur Curry, Jr.]; Vulko
Credits
- Script
- Steve Skeates
- Art
- Jim Aparo
- Colours
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- Jim Aparo (?)
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (original story)
Synopsis
Mera vanishes abruptly and Aquaman begins a quest to find her.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Black Canary
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Black Canary; Bertha Kane
Credits
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Art
- Alex Toth
- Colours
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Alex Toth
Notes
Title taken from this story's appearance in BLACK CANARY ARCHIVES (DC, 2001).
5Featuring
- Feature
- Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Felix Black; Nick Parks
Credits
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon
- Colours
- Nansi Hoolahan
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #7 (February-March 1972) — The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
-
Super Adventure Comic (KG Murray, 1974? series) #70 ([February 1976]) — The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!
Synopsis
Tormented by insomnia, Felix Black turns to a life of crime.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- George Papp
- Colours
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1964) — Prisoner of the Super-Heroes
-
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #7 ([July 1966?]) — Prisoner of the Super-Heroes
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991) — Prisoner of the Super-Heroes
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — Prisoner of the Super-Heroes!
Synopsis
The Legion returns to 20th Century to discredit Superboy and exile him from Earth.
Notes
Reprint of the second appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Spectre
- Genre
- Superhero; occult
- Characters
- Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Azmodus; Stefan Miklos; Millicent Olcott; Paul Nevers
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Murphy Anderson
- Colours
- Anthony Tollin
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original story)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #60 (January-February 1966) — War That Shook the Universe!
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #15 ([July 1966]) — War that Shook the Universe
-
Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012) — War That Shook the Universe!
Synopsis
The Spectre confronts the evil Azmodus, who has taken over the body of Paul Nevers.
8Credits
- Author
- Paul Levitz
- Letters
- typeset
Synopsis
Notes
Levitz provides commentary on the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue.
9Featuring
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Boy]; Spectre; Black Canary; Sandman; Aquaman
Credits
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen (?)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (?)
Notes
First digest-sized issue.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.