Comic Title: Adventure Comics #492
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1982
On Sale Date: July 1, 1982 Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: House Ad, Justice League of America #207, Page 32

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #203

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #74

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #13

Copyright Date June 8, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Dick Giordano

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: George Papp

Reprinted From:
Superboy #86 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #86; next appearance in Adventure Comics #280)

Guest Star(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #267; next appearance in Adventure Comics #290)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #267; next appearance in Adventure Comics #290)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #267; next appearance in Adventure Comics #290)
• Lightning Lad (last appearance in Adventure Comics #267; next appearance in Adventure Comics #290)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #86; next appearance in Adventure Comics #280)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #86; next appearance in Adventure Comics #280)
• Krypto (last appearance in Superboy #85; next appearance in Superboy #87)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventure Comics #253; next appearance in Superboy #91)
• The Kryptonite Men (no further appearances)

Comments:
Luthor portends the existence of the Legion of Super-Villains in this story.

Synopsis:
Lex Luthor, who has created a helmet that allows him to animate stone, lures Superboy to a remote asteroid and attacks him with "living" Kryptonite men. However, the Legion of Super-Heroes, which has been monitoring the battle from the future, sends Lightning Lad to rescue the Boy of Steel and help him defeat the teenage scientist.