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: "The Spectre Means Death?"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Spectre (of Earth-2)

Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted From:
Spectre #5 (1968)

Feature Character(s)

• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #4; next appearance in Spectre #6)

Villain(s)

• Psycho Pirate (last appearance in Showcase #56; next appearance in All-Star Comics #66)
• Gat Benson (last appearance in More Fun Comics #53; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Various bystanders (no further appearances)

Comments:
Chapter II:"Fugitive from Justice"

Synopsis:
The Psycho-Pirate steals a magic globe to locate a source of mystic energy that will enable him to remove the magic mask that Doctor Fate used to deny him the use of his powers. The globe gives the Pirate control over a drifter who becomes a giant and can focus the emotion manipulation powers of his master. When the Spectre tries to stop the giant drifter, Psycho-Pirate causes bystanders to fear him. He also siphons off the Spectre's powers.

The Spectre seeks to renew his energy by entering the body of Jim Corrigan, but Corrigan wants to arrest him. Instead the Spectre uses his remaining power in a final confrontation with the drifter. He manages to neutralize the giant, but in doing so he allows the Psycho-Pirate to overcome him.

The drifter is then revealed to be Gat Benson, the man who killed Jim Corrigan. When he sees Corrigan alive, Benson panics and accidentally smashes Psycho-Pirate's magic globe. Corrigan is then able to knock out both crooks and reverse the effects of the Pirate's emotional control on the Spectre.