| Issue | #500 |
| Published | June 1983 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.75 USD |
| Pages | 148 |
| Editing | Nicola Cuti |
| Notes | Special 148 page 500th issue. |
| Characters | Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Keith Giffen |
| Inks | Larry Mahlstedt |
| Notes | The original Silver Age Legionnaires see their modern counterparts. |
| Characters | Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Invisible Kid; Bouncing Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El [as Marvel Lad, the Legionnaire Lemon]; Superboy (flashback); Antennae Boy (applicant); Dynamo Kid (applicant); Sun-Eater; Phantom Zone criminals |
| Synopsis | Following the death of Lightning Lad, the LSH recruits new member Legionnaire Lemon, or Marvel Lad, who turns out to be Mon-El, finally cured of his weakness to lead and able to leave the Phantom Zone to join the Legion full-time. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #305 (February 1963) |
| Characters | Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy; Fire-Lad; Chlorophyll Kid] |
| Synopsis | A group of rejected applicants band together as the Legion of Substitute Heroes and thwart the Plant Men's scheme to take over the Earth. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #306 (March 1963) |
| Characters | Element Lad [as Mystery Lad]; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Roxxas |
| Synopsis | The Legion recruits Element Lad, who is the last survivor of Trom, to fight the space pirate Roxxas, who killed the rest of the Trommians. He wants to keep his super-power to transform elements a secret, so he joins as Mystery Lad. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #307 (April 1963) |
| Characters | Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lass [as Lightning Lad]; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback); Superboy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Lightning Lad's sister impersonates her dead brother and later joins the Legion as Lightning Lass. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #308 (May 1963) |
| Characters | Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Mon-El; Colossal Boy; Ultra-Boy; Jungle King (applicant); Rainbow Girl (applicant); Super-Monsters |
| Synopsis | Legion of Super-Heroes reject Jungle King tries to get revenge with his super-beasts. |
| 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) #309 (June 1963) |
| Characters | Brainiac 5; Bouncing Boy; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Jungle King; Super-Monsters |
| Synopsis | Jungle King and his super-beasts are defeated by the Legion. |
| 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) #309 (June 1963) |
| Characters | Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Ultra-Boy; Shrinking Violet; Bouncing Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man |
| Synopsis | The Legion of Super-Heroes fight Mask Man, who begins killing them one by one. |
| 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) #310 (July 1963) |
| Characters | Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Invisible Kid; Lightning Lass; Mask Man |
| Synopsis | Mask Man continues to kill the Legionnaires, until he is revealed as a 30th Century descendant of Mr. Mxyzptlk. Superboy defeats him, and the dead Legionnaires are restored as all the effects of his magic are undone. |
| 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) #310 (July 1963) |
| Characters | Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Brainiac 5; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Fire-Lad; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy] |
| Synopsis | The Legionnaires are angry and rude every time the Substitute Legion tries to help. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963) |
| Characters | Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Bouncing Boy; Chameleon Boy; Legion of Substitute Heroes [Polar Boy; Night Girl; Chlorophyll Kid; Fire-Lad; Stone Boy] |
| Synopsis | The Substitute Legion battle alien impostors from the planet Zyzan who have imprisoned the real Legion. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | John Forte |
| Inks | John Forte |
| Letters | Joe Letterese; Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #311 (August 1963) |
| Characters | Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty; Lightning Lad (cameo flashback) |
| Synopsis | The Legionnaires try to find a way to revive Lightning Lad. |
| 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) #312 (September 1963) |
| Characters | Superboy; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Lightning Lass; Chameleon Boy; Proty (dies); Lightning Lad (restored) |
| Synopsis | Proty sacrifices his life to revive Lightning Lad. |
| 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) #312 (September 1963) |
| Characters | Jimmy Olsen; Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El [also as The Collector]; Colossal Boy [also as The Giant Turtle Man]; Bouncing Boy [also as Fat Boy Jimmy]; Cosmic Boy [also as The Human Porcupine]; Chameleon Boy [also as Elastic Lad]; Shrinking Violet (cameo); Sun Boy (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Triplicate Girl (cameo)]; Proty II [also as Wolf Boy Jimmy]; Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Stone Boy] (all in cameos) |
| Synopsis | Jimmy is taken by The Collector to the world Gion-El, which is seemingly inhabited by duplicates of him in the forms into which he has been transformed in the past. But when Jimmy realizes he is being hoaxed, the Legionnaires reveal that he has passed his initiation test and they bring him to the 30th century to officially be made an honorary member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #72 (October 1963) |
| Characters | Lightning Lass; Saturn Girl; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Mon-El; Superboy; Triplicate Girl; Cosmic Boy; Polar Boy; Night Girl; Supergirl; Phantom Girl; Colossal Boy (cameo); Brainiac 5 (cameo); Lightning Lad (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Chameleon Boy (cameo); Satan Girl |
| Synopsis | The girl Legionnaires are struck by a mysterious Crimson Virus. Satan Girl tries to take their place, but attacks the girls when rejected. Supergirl follows. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Letters | Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963) |
| Characters | Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Bouncing Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Phantom Girl; Lightning Lass; Shrinking Violet; Night Girl; Satan Girl; Legion of Super-Pets [Krypto; Streaky; Beppo; Comet] |
| Synopsis | Satan Girl is defeated by the Super-Pets and revealed to be an evil Red Kryptonite duplicate of Supergirl. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Letters | Milton Snapinn |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger (original story) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #313 (October 1963) |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Curt Swan (Adventure #300 and #403 covers); Mike Sekowsky (Adventure #400 cover); Bob Oksner (Adventure #428 cover); Jim Aparo (Adventure #446 cover); Kurt Schaffenberger (Adventure #453 cover) |
| Inks | George Klein (Adventure #300 cover); Dick Giordano (Adventure #400 cover); Murphy Anderson (Adventure #403 cover); Bob Oksner (Adventure #428 cover); Jim Aparo (Adventure #446 cover); Kurt Schaffenberger (Adventure #453 cover) |
| Letters | Ira Schnapp (Adventure #300 cover); ? (other covers) |
| Notes | Nelson goes over the history of Adventure Comics and its predecessor titles, New Comics and New Adventure Comics. He covers several of the features that were a part of it, including Federal Men, Nadir, Sandman, Hourman, Starman, Manhunter, Superboy, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Legion of Super-Heroes, Congorilla, Tales of the Bizarro World, Supergirl, Black Orchid, Justice Society, a new Starman, and Dial H for Hero (among others). Includes six cover reprints from the series. (This sequence added 2008-09-07 by Allen Ross, replacing 6 cover reprint sequences.) |
| Reprinted | from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #400 (December 1970); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #403 (March 1971); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #428 (July-August 1973); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #446 (July 1976); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #453 (September 1977) |
| Synopsis | Levitz discusses the Legion stories reprinted in this issue. |
| Script | Paul Levitz |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Keith Giffen |
| Inks | Larry Mahlstedt |
| Notes | The modern Legionnaires see their Silver Age counterparts; on back cover |