Comic Title: Adventure Comics #498
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1983
On Sale Date: January 6, 1983 Newsstand Date January 6, 1983
Source: House Ad, All-Star Squadron #19, Page 32

Newsstand Date January 6, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #208

Newsstand Date January 6, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #78

Copyright Date December 14, 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

Shipping Date December 14, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #208

Newsstand Date January 6, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #18

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Sun-Boy's Lost Power"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Legion of Super-Heroes (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: John Forte

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #302 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Legion of Super-Heroes (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Superboy #101)
• Cosmic Boy (last appearance in Superman #157; next appearance in Adventure Comics #303)
• Saturn Girl (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Adventure Comics #303)
• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #302; next appearance in Superboy #101)
• Chameleon Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Adventure Comics #303)
• Sun Boy (origin revealed; last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Superboy #101)
• Shrinking Violet (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Adventure Comics #303)
• Bouncing Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Adventure Comics #303)
• Ultra Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Superboy #101)

Villain(s)

• Kranyak and his four henchmen (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Pete Ross (last appearance in Superboy #100; next appearance in Adventure Comics #305)

Other Character(s)

• The Mayor and citizens of 30th century Metropolis (no further appearances)
• Professor Harding (an entomologist; no further appearances)
• An unnamed prison guard and two unnamed Science Police officers (no further appearances)
• A Superboy and Ultra Boy robot (no further appearances)
• A Kryptonian Flame-Beast, a Radiation-Beast, and a Hypno-Beast (creatures of the planet Luma; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Legion of Super-Heroes is mistakenly said to exist in the 21st century in this story.

Sun Boy’s name is misspelled "Sun-Boy" in this story.

Synopsis:
After attending the dedication of a Sun Boy statue, Sun Boy finds that his powers of heat and light have stopped working. With the help of the Legionnaires, he tries to recharge himself by duplicating the accident that gave him those powers, but to no avail. After his powers briefly return in an entomologist’s office, he invites Ultra Boy and Superboy to concentrate their heat vision powers on him, still with no effect. Heartbroken, he resigns from the Legion, just as Kranyak, his old foe, breaks prison and comes after him.

More worried than before, Sun Boy realizes what it will take to recharge his powers, and deliberately walks into the blast of a Kryptonian flame-beast. With his abilities restored, he defeats Kranyak, and rejoins the Legion. He then explains that he needed the heat-energy of a living being to restore his power, and the Ultra Boy and Superboy present are robots, sent to take those heroes’ places while they celebrate Pete Ross’s birthday in the 20th century.