| Issue | #501 |
| Published | July 1983 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD |
| Pages | 100 |
| Editing | Nicola Cuti |
| Characters | Superboy; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Lightning Lad; Ultra Boy; Adolf Hitler; Emperor Nero; John Dillinger |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Ed Hannigan (signed) |
| Inks | Paris Cullins (signed) |
| Characters | Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Pinkeye [Alex Pinkus]; Police Chief Branner; Trixie Vixon |
| Synopsis | Agent Pinkeye is revealed as the killer of Dimitri Dervish and is captured by Plas and Woozy. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Martin Pasko |
| Pencils | Joe Staton |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Nansi Hoolahan |
| Letters | Todd Klein |
| Editing | Len Wein (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #469 (March 1980) |
| Characters | Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Ronn Kar (applicant); Alaktor (applicant); Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler |
| Synopsis | Rejected applicant Alaktor steals a Time Bubble and recruits the help of Nero, Dillinger, and Hitler to battle the Legion. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | fron Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963) |
| Characters | Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Invisible Kid; Shrinking Violet; Chameleon Boy; Alaktor; Emperor Nero; John Dillinger; Adolf Hitler |
| Synopsis | Alaktor projects Hitler's, Nero's, and Dillinger's minds into Superboy's, Mon-El's, and Ultra-Boy's bodies. Saturn Girl tricks them into defeating each other, and the Legion forces Alaktor to undo the process. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #314 (November 1963) |
| Characters | Ultra Boy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | pin-up |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [also appears as Billy Batson]; Ravar; Cranshaw Jeffers |
| Synopsis | The Chameleon Stone, a magical artifact that can change its shape to anything its holder desires, is stolen by Ravar and used to fight Captain Marvel. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | William Woolfolk |
| Pencils | C. C. Beck |
| Inks | C. C. Beck |
| Editing | Wendell Crowley (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #91 (December 1948) |
| Characters | The Spectre; Jim Corrigan; Frankie Barron |
| Synopsis | When bank robber Frankie Barron is killed by a security guard during a holdup, he returns as a ghost to help other crooks rob the same bank. |
| Genre | superhero; occult |
| Script | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Jerry Grandenetti |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Spectre, The (DC, 1967 series) #7 (November-December 1968) |
| Characters | Ray [also appears as Happy Terrill]; Stradivous; Mr. Jennings |
| Synopsis | The musician Stradivous, who can hypnotize anyone with his clarinet, works with Jennings to hijack a shipment of gold. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Will Eisner ? |
| Pencils | Lou Fine [as E. Lectron] |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Editing | Ed Cronin (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #17 (December 1940) |
| Characters | Aquaman; Aqualad; Mera; Vulko; Ocean Master; Phil Darson; Professor Dan Davidson; Miles Leland |
| Synopsis | Aquaman and Aqualad pursue a masked saboteur who is targeting the Leland Factory for polluting the ocean. Meanwhile, in Atlantis, the Ocean Master wants to contact Aquaman. |
| 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) #49 (January-February 1970) |
| Characters | Superboy, Saturn Girl, Bouncing Boy, Lightning Lad; Sun Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl, Stone Boy, Fire Lad, Chlorophyll Kid, Polar Boy] |
| Synopsis | The Legion of Super-Heroes finds out about the Subs, and holds a contest to induct the winner into the Legion of Super-Heroes. Polar Boy passes the first test. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese (splash only); ? |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Notes | Bouncing Boy misidentified as Bouncing Girl in Roll Call on splash page. |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963) |
| Characters | Superboy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Polar Boy]; Sun Woman |
| Synopsis | Night Girl defeats the tryant Sun Woman, and the other Subs succeed at their tasks, except Stone Boy, who quits. But when Saturn Girl reveals that he only quit in order to keep bystanders from being injured, Stone Boy wins the contest. He surprises everyone by refusing the honor, not wanting to leave his friends in the Subs. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Motrt Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #315 (December 1963) |
| Characters | Polar Boy; Night Girl; Color Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid |
| Genre | superhero |
| Notes | pin-up |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Levitz discusses the two Legion stories reprinted in this issue. |
| Characters | Legion of Substitute Heroes [Night Girl; Stone Boy; Polar Boy; Fire Lad; Chlorophyll Kid]; Captain Marvel; Ravar; Aquaman; the Ray; the Spectre; Frankie Barron; Plastic Man; Pinkeye |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Howard Bender (signed) |
| Inks | Paris Cullins (signed) |
| Notes | back cover |