Wha-wha-wha -- Whaddya wanna do a thing like this to me for? Wh-wh-wh-why should ya hate me so much? 
Adventure Comics #478 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1980. It was published on September 22, 1980.
Synopsis for Aquaman: "Grand Illusion!"
Black Manta has set nuclear weapons aloft, on a course for New Venice, while he and his men go to attack Atlantis. Aquaman and Cal Durham are released from their prison by a short-circuit. Aquaman proceeds to use dolphins to broadcast sound waves at the missiles that knock their guidance systems off-balance. They explode harmlessly, though the noise wakes up Mera. Black Manta's troops are halted by Aquaman and Vulko, who give them the chance to become citizens of Atlantis. They lay down their arms and accept the offer. Mera shows up and places "Black Manta" in a hard-water shell, having been brought there from her New Venice home by Cal. But, abruptly, the "Black Manta" in their custody proves to be a booby-trapped robot, which explodes.
Appearing in Aquaman: "Grand Illusion!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Black Manta Robot (Final appearance) (Destroyed)
Other Characters:
- Father Neptune (Mentioned only)
- Whales
- Dolphins
- Citizens of New Venice (Unnamed)
- Kingdom of Hope (Black Manta's army of winos, junkies and derelicts) (Unnamed) (Final appearance)
- Gus D. Tyrone (Final appearance)
- Atlanteans (Unnamed)
- Oconn (Final appearance)
- Black Manta (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Florida
- New Venice
- Sunken Police Headquarters
- Aquaman's Residence
- Sunken Police Headquarters
- New Venice
- Xebel (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Cage (with a Neutro-Energaic Field)
- Missiles (Destroyed)
- Hard-Water Shield (created by Mera to capture the Black Manta Robot)
Vehicles:
- Sunken NAZI U-Boat (Black Manta's renovated headquarters)
- Black Manta's Watercraft (Cameo)
Synopsis for Starman: "...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching.."
Appearing in Starman: "...And Death's Icy Touch Shall Come Searching.."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jediah Rikane
- Lady Merria
- Mn'Torr (Dies)
Antagonists:
- The Elder Race
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Plastic Man: "A Night at the Nuthouse"
Appearing in Plastic Man: "A Night at the Nuthouse"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Woozy Winks (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Sam Spudd (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
- T. Foster Fabricent (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Minnastroni (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
- Lucky (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- The Spirit (Flashback only)
- Dick Tracy (Flashback only)
- Mike Mauser (Flashback only)
- Wilhelm Rudolph Nertz (Mentioned only)
- Salvador Dilletante (Mentioned only)
- Marcel Duchamp (Mentioned only)
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Items:
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Notes
- The Starman chapter is reprinted in The Steve Ditko Omnibus: Vol. 2.
- With this issue, Adventure Comics was temporarily canceled. It would return in three months with issue #479, starring Dial "H" for Hero.
- This is the final appearance of the Aquaman feature in Adventure Comics (not counting reprints when Adventure becomes a digest). Aquaman has been appearing in Adventure (off and on) since Adventure Comics #103. The "Aquaman" feature moves to Action Comics, starting in Action Comics #517.
- The "Starman" story is concluded in DC Comics Presents #36.
- The Plastic Man feature moves to Super Friends, starting in Super Friends #43.
Trivia
- The crooks in the "Plastic Man" story bear a very striking resemblance to the Marx Brothers ... In looks and mannerisms!
- As a further reference, Woozy's question to Plastic Man, "Why a duck?" is a reference to a Marx Brothers routine in their 1929 film The Cocoanuts.