Action Comics (1938 series) (DC) #544 [Newsstand]

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Number	544	544
Variant Name	Newsstand	Newsstand
Volume	46	46
No Volume	No	No
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher	DC Comics, Inc.	DC Comics, Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand	DC [bullet]	DC [bullet]
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	June 1983	June 1983
Key Date	1983-06-00	1983-06-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency	monthly	monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	1.50 USD	1.50 USD
Page Count	68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 58)	68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 58)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Julius Schwartz	Julius Schwartz
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	No	No
Notes	45th Anniversary issue.	45th Anniversary issue.
Keywords
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in the compared changeset. in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] sequence (text article: 2.000) Dear Superman: A Reminiscence [text] in Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] sequence Superman (illustration: 1.000) [In flight]

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0. The Cosmos-Quaking Origins of The New Luthor And Brainiac! (Superman) cover, 1p

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	Luthor Unleashed!	Luthor Unleashed!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Superman	Superman
Genre	Super-hero	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4145	S-4145
Script	Cary Bates	Cary Bates
No Script
Pencils	Curt Swan	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Murphy Anderson	Murphy Anderson
No Inks
Colors	Tony Tollin	Tony Tollin
No Colors
Letters	Ben Oda	Ben Oda
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	28	28
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Ardora (death); Lex Luthor, Jr. (death); Lexor (destruction); the Omega Men	Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Ardora (death); Lex Luthor, Jr. (death); Lexor (destruction); the Omega Men
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Origins of the new look Brainiac and Luthor. Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.	Origins of the new look Brainiac and Luthor. Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #50
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1983 sequence Superman (comic story: 27.000) Luthor rächt sich in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1984 sequence Supermann (comic story: 28.000) Luthor løper løpsk! in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #50 [Direct] sequence Superman (comic story: 27.000) Luthor Unleashed!	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1983 sequence Superman (comic story: 27.000) Luthor rächt sich in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #5/1984 sequence Supermann (comic story: 28.000) Luthor løper løpsk! in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #50 [Direct] sequence Superman (comic story: 27.000) Luthor Unleashed!

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2. The New Luthor (Luthor) illustration, 1p

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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	Happy 45th Anniversary, Superman!	Happy 45th Anniversary, Superman!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	text article	text article
Feature	Superman	Superman
Genre	Super-hero; Fact	Super-hero; Fact
Job Number	S-4120	S-4120
Script	Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster	Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
No Script
Pencils
No Pencils	X	X
Inks
No Inks	X	X
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	typeset	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	3	3
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. These records list page count as "4."	Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. These records list page count as "4."
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn]
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are edited in the compared changeset. in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn]	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] [DELETED] in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn] sequence (text article: 2.000) Dear Superman: A Reminiscence [text] reprint link was moved from issue

Sequence 4

Field	Previous	Change / Next
Sequence Number	4	4
Title	Congratulations, Superman!	Congratulations, Superman!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	illustration	illustration
Feature	Superman	Superman
Genre	Super-hero	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4146	S-4146
Script	Joe Shuster	Joe Shuster
No Script
Pencils	Joe Shuster	Joe Shuster
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Shuster	Joe Shuster
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	Joe Shuster	Joe Shuster
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters	Superman	Superman
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Keywords
Original Reprint Notes		The migration of the following original reprint notes was confirmed in this change: in Action Comics (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
Reprint Links	The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Action Comics [Nestle Quick 10¢ Cover] (DC, 1983 series) #1 sequence Superman (comic story: 1.000) [no title indexed]	The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. in Action Comics 1 Reprint [Death of Superman] (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] sequence Superman (illustration: 1.000) [In flight] reprint link was moved from issue The following reprint links are not part of this change. in Action Comics [Nestle Quick 10¢ Cover] (DC, 1983 series) #1 sequence Superman (comic story: 1.000) [no title indexed]

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5. Rebirth! (Superman) comic story, 23p

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6. The New Brainiac (Brainiac) illustration, 1p

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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
R. J. Roper	Editing	2012-05-15 20:08:50	Available	Editing
R. J. Roper		2012-05-15 20:13:13	Editing	Pending Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-05-17 13:20:48	Pending Review	Under Review
Ramon Schenk		2012-05-17 13:21:02	Under Review	Approved

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