Action Comics (1938 series) (DC) #544

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Number	544
Variant Name
Volume	46
No Volume	No
Display Volume With Number	No
Indicia Publisher
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed
Brand
No Brand	No
Publication Date	June 1983
Key Date	1983-06-10
Year On Sale	None
Month On Sale	None
Day On Sale	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No
Indicia Frequency
No Indicia Frequency	No
Price	1.50 USD
Page Count	68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 58)
Page Count Uncertain	No
Editing	Julius Schwartz
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	No
Notes	45th Anniversary issue. Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
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Reprint Links

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Sequence Number	0
Title	The Cosmos-Quaking Origins of The New Luthor And Brainiac!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	cover
Feature	Superman
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4115
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	Gil Kane (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	45th Anniversary issue. Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
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Sequence Number	1
Title	Luthor Unleashed!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Superman
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4145
Script	Cary Bates
No Script
Pencils	Curt Swan
No Pencils
Inks	Murphy Anderson
No Inks
Colors	Tony Tollin
No Colors
Letters	Ben Oda
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	28
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Ardora (death); Lex Luthor, Jr. (death); Lexor (destruction); the Omega Men
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #50
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.
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Sequence Number	2
Title	The New Luthor
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature	Luthor
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4161
Script
No Script	X
Pencils	George Perez (designer)
No Pencils
Inks	George Perez
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Lex Luthor
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
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Sequence Number	3
Title	Happy 45th Anniversary, Superman!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	text article
Feature	Superman
Genre	Super-hero; Fact
Job Number	S-4120
Script	Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
No Script
Pencils
No Pencils	X
Inks
No Inks	X
Colors
No Colors	X
Letters	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	3
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in History of the DC Universe (DC, 1988 series) #[nn]
Notes	Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. These records list page count as "4."
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Sequence Number	4
Title	Congratulations, Superman!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature	Superman
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4146
Script	Joe Shuster
No Script
Pencils	Joe Shuster
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Shuster
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	Joe Shuster
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Superman
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Action Comics (DC, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
Notes	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
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Sequence Number	5
Title	Rebirth!
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	comic story
Feature	Superman
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4150
Script	Marv Wolfman
No Script
Pencils	Gil Kane
No Pencils
Inks	Gil Kane
No Inks
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
No Colors
Letters	Ben Oda
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	23
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Brainiac (villain); The Omega Men (cameo); Lord Satanis (flashback); Fortress of Solitude
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
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Sequence Number	6
Title	The New Brainiac
Unofficial Title?	No
Type	illustration
Feature	Brainiac
Genre	Super-hero
Job Number	S-4150
Script	?
No Script
Pencils	Ed Hannigan (designer)
No Pencils
Inks	Dick Giordano
No Inks
Colors	?
No Colors
Letters	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X
Page Count	1
Page Count Uncertain	No
Characters	Brainiac
Synopsis
Reprint Notes
Notes	Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Keywords
Reprint Links

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