| Issue | #498 |
| Published | April 1983 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD |
| Pages | 100 |
| Editing | Carl Gafford, Nicola Cuti |
| Characters | Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Gil Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Gil Kane |
| Characters | Plastic Man [Eel O'Brien](origin); Woozy Winks; Carlton Canary [Yellowbelly] |
| Synopsis | Plastic Man and Woozy Winks are asked to make sure the snitch Carlton Canary gets to police custody safely. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Len Wein |
| Pencils | Joe Staton |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Gene d'Angelo |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Editing | Paul Levitz (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #467 (January 1980) |
| Characters | Bouncing Boy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | Pin-up |
| Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy (origin); Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Phantom Girl (cameo); Ultra Boy (cameo)]; Lester Spiffany; Storm Boy; Matter-Eater Lad (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants about his origin. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Notes | According to Paul Levitz in this issue's text article, the applicant in purple in the last panel of the story is Matter-Eater Lad. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #301 (October 1962) |
| Characters | Aquaman; Mera; Aquagirl; Aqualad; Narkran; Vulko |
| Synopsis | Aquaman and Mera save Aqualad from a monstrous creature. Back in Atlantis, Aquagirl and the rebels confront Narkran. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Skeates |
| Pencils | Jim Aparo |
| Inks | Jim Aparo |
| Letters | Jim Aparo |
| Editing | Dick Giordano (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #47 (September-October 1969) |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Dr. Sivana; Dexter Knox |
| Synopsis | Sivana tricks Captain Marvel into believing he is dead and has returned as a ghost. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Otto Binder |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Reprinted | from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #138 (November 1952) |
| Characters | Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Hiram Gaunt; Ed Porter |
| Synopsis | 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! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #74 (May 1942) |
| Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Superboy; Ultra Boy; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy (cameo); Shrinking Violet(cameo)]; Kranyak; Professor Harding; Kryptonian Flame-Beast |
| Synopsis | Sun Boy loses his powers and must leave the Legion. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Milt Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Notes | Sun Boy and Ultra Boy both have hyphens in their names in this issue. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #302 (November 1962) |
| Characters | Mary Marvel [also appears as Mary Batson]; Mrs. Bromfield |
| Synopsis | A gang of thieves plan robberies while the city is occupied watching the Thansgiving Day Parade. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Bob Oksner |
| Inks | Bob Oksner |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Shazam! (DC, 1973 series) #10 (February 1974) |
| Characters | Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Psycho-Pirate [Faceless Man]; Gat Benson |
| Synopsis | The Psycho-Pirate works behind the scenes to cause ordinary people to fear the Spectre more than the menacing giant he is fighting. |
| Genre | superhero; occult |
| Script | Neal Adams |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Neal Adams |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #5 (July-August 1968) |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Paul Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue. |
| Characters | Aquaman; Plastic Man; Sandman; Sandy; Hiram Gaunt; Spectre; Captain Marvel; Dr. Sivana |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Howard Bender |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |