Action Comics #543 [Newsstand]
(May 1983)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
46
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-02-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041005
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #543 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Neutron the Man with the Nuclear Punch! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4099
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Neutron
Reprints
Keywords
apocalypse

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #543 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (1938 series) #543 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (1938 series) #543 [Canadian]
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Within These Hands -- Power! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4123
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Perry White; Lex Luthor (flashback); Neutron (villain); Vandal Savage (villain)
Synopsis
Superman battles Neutron. But the public thinks that Neutron has gone straight and that Superman is just attacking him for no reason. Superman realizes that Vandal Savage is behind it all, but still can't prove anything.
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Indexer Notes

Page count and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Action Reaction / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4104

Indexer Notes

Page count and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Neutron the Man with the Nuclear Punch!
    Superman
  2. 1. Within These Hands -- Power!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Action Reaction
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
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