Bechdel Test: Adventure Comics, the return

Bear with me on this one.  The numbering changed on Adventure, starting at #1 then taking over the old v1 Adventure numbering.  As I mentioned in my last post, Adventure did not start with just the Legion.  It read more as a Superman-family book with the aftermath of Legion of 3 Worlds. Some of the issues focus on Connor Kent which I won't count as Legion stories.  There was a Superboy-Prime story that I won't count either.   

Adventure starts with Geoff Johns on the first issue, with some later issues credited to Johns and Michael Shoemaker.  As some of the issues feat split stories, they don't feature a full Legion cast, only maybe 4 characters or so.  The Last Stand of New Krypton also runs through as well with most of that being written by Sterling Gates and James Robinson.  Levitz's run on Adventure starts with some "classic" Legion style stories in issue 12.  There is no issue 13 as the series goes from 12 to 516.   Issue 521 joins Retroboot continuity and 523 focuses on the Academy.  The series ends with 529.

Funny side note:  Supergirl appears in issue 520.  Invisible Kid is also listed as Jacques even when it is clearly Lyle. Continuity what?

The Legion does not appear in issues 5, 6, or 7.  The non-Levitz issues do not pass the Bechdel test.  Sensor Girl was the only female Legionnaire in the Last Stand storyline.  So I guess you can say Johns, Gates and Robinson are all zeroes with the Bechdel test.  

I think I will just give each individual issue for simplicity's sake

12- Levitz - N

516 - Levitz -N

517 - Levitz - Y (focused on Saturn Girl and she talks with new character Esquivel)

518 - Levitz - N

519 - Levitz - N

520 - Levitz - N

521 - Levitz - N

522 - Levitz - N Sorry, I have to be a dick here and say the only female characters with dialog are GiGi and Harmonia.  No female Legionnaires say anything. 

523 - Levitz/Jiminez - Y

524 - Levitz/Jiminez  - N

525 - Levitz/Jiminez - Y

526 - Levitz - Y

527 - Levitz - Y

528 - Levitz - Y

529 - Levitz - Y

Again, I have to wonder if there is a trend that when Levitz has a co-writer, he is more likely to pass the Bechdel test.  It also helps that there is a large portion of female characters in the Academy stories.  While issue 526 already passed in the main story, the XS backup also passes because Levitz had Night Girl talking to XS.  He could have sent Bouncing Boy and I'm kinda surprised he didn't.  That's how you pass the Bechdel test though. It's not that hard and it's not artificial or some type of SJW agenda.  

All in all, 12 issues are attributed to Levitz solely and 5 of those pass which is 42%.  If we add in the Levitz/Jiminez issues, that is 7/15 or 47%

Where does that leave everything?

v8 -62.5%

Secret Origin - 0%

v7-42%

v6-29%

Adventure (overall) - 32%

Levitz's track record overall with co-writers (22 out of 62 issues)- 35% passing.

Up next:  v5 or the Threeboot.  It might take me a while for this since I want to revisit Mark Waid's run, but also Jim Shooter. I want to see how Waid's run holds up but also, people think Shooter's run was bad and I remember liking it.