Adventure Comics #502

DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1983
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 1.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/358607
Credits
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti
Issue contents

Credits
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti

Featuring
- Feature
- Plastic Man
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils
- Joe Staton
- Inks
- Bob Smith
Reprint history
- From GCD
- fr. Adventure #470 (Apr '80)

Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy, Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Brainiac 5, Mon-El, Lightning Lad, Chameleon Boy, Bouncing Boy, Cosmic Boy, Shrinking Violet, Element Lad
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- John Forte
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964) — Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!
- Also printed
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #11 ([June 1974?]) — Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!
-
Super Heroes Album (Murray, 1977 series) #13 ([July 1979?]) — Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992) — Part I: The Renegade Super-Hero!
-
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) — The Renegade Super-Hero!
- From GCD
- fr Adventure Comics #316 (Jan 1964)
Synopsis
Ultra Boy is revealed as an escaped convict and flees the Legion

Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy, Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Brainiac 5, Mon-El, Lightning Lad, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- John Forte
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
Reprint history
- First print
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #316 (January 1964) — Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!
- Also printed
-
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #11 ([June 1974?]) — Part 2: The End of a Super-Traitor!
-
Super Heroes Album (Murray, 1977 series) #13 ([July 1979?]) — Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992) — Part II: The End of a Super-Traitor!
Synopsis
Ultra Boy's criminal past is revealed as a ruse so he could infiltrate a pirate band.

Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Marvel
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Art
- Clarence C. Beck [C. C. Beck]
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #143 (April 1953)

Featuring
- Feature
- Spectre
- Genre
- Superhero; occult
Credits
- Script
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Spectre (DC, 1967 series) #8 (January-February 1969) — The Parchment of Power Perilous
- Also printed
-
All Star Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #61 (February 1970) — The Parchment of Power Perilous
-
Showcase Presents: The Spectre (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([April] 2012) — The Parchment of Power Perilous
- From GCD
- from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #8 (January-February 1969)

Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Steve Skeates
- Art
- Jim Aparo
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #50 (March-April 1970)


Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Saturn Girl, Lightning Lass, Brainiac 5, Star Boy, Matter-Eater Lad, Superboy, Mon-El, Dream Girl, Sun Boy, Triplicate Girl
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- John Forte
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
Reprint history
- From GCD
- fr. Adventure Comics #317 (Feb '64)
Synopsis
Dream Girl joins, causes Lightning Lass to lose her powers, and has Lightning Lass and Triplicate Girl expelled
Notes
intro Dream Girl, first mention of Time Trapper, first app the Iron Curtain of Time

Featuring
- Feature
- Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Dream Girl, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Star Boy, Matter-Eater Lad, Triplicate Girl, Sun Boy, Lightning Lad, Ultra Boy, Bouncing Boy, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Light Lass
Credits
- Script
- Edmond Hamilton
- Art
- John Forte
- Letters
- Milton Snapinn
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317 (February 1964) — Part II: The Doom of the Legion!
-
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #63 ([November 1964?]) — The Menace of Dream Girl: The Doom of the Legion (part 2)
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #2 (1992) — Part II: The Doom of the Legion!
- From GCD
- fr. Adventure Comics #317 (Feb '64)
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #502
in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #2 - from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317 (February 1964)
Synopsis
Dream Girl has more Legionnaires expelled, in order to prevent her prediction of their deaths. The prediction proves false, Dream Girl leaves and the others are reinstated
Notes
Lightning Lass becomes Light Lass

Credits
- Pencils
- Howard Bender
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt
Indicia
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