Action Comics
#382
(November 1969)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly (semi-monthly, March)
- On-sale Date
- 1969-09-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Mad Magician!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-362
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent [as Kento the Great]
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1970 (7. März 1970) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #144 ([Circa August 1971]) -
in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
-
- Keywords
- magic wands; marionettes; stage magic
Clark Kent, Magician!
Superman / comic story / 13.17 pages
- Job Number
- W-361
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also appears as Clark Kent; also appears as Kento the Great]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; "Alibi Andy"
- Synopsis
- Clark becomes a stage magician so that he can expose a gang of diamond thieves.
- Reprints
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #5/1970 ([mars] 1970) - in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1970 (7. März 1970)
-
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #21 (septembre 1970) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #144 ([Circa August 1971])
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Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 14 is a 1/2-page.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
letters from: M. K. Tomashevsky, Charles Cox, Kevin Naughton, Arthur Lovisi, Alan Boyd, Bev Mendheim, Ruchard Joehner, John R. Schwartz
Kill a Friend to Save a World!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10.7 pages
- Script
- Jim Shooter
- Pencils
- Jim Shooter (layouts); Win Mortimer (pencils)
- Inks
- Jack Abel
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- W-360
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Ultra Boy; Shrinking Violet; Timber Wolf; Light Lass [as Carina Walter]; Superboy (cameo); Mon-El (cameo)]; Protector; Zorla; Cosvarr
- Synopsis
- The Legion uncover and dismantle a protection racket inadvertently powered by two of their own.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #131 (Circa July 1970)
- in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1972 ([oktober] 1972)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #9 (1999 [January 2000])
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Mad Magician!
Superman -
1.
Clark Kent, Magician!
Superman -
2.
Take a Giant Step...
Justice League of America -
3.
What's Your Thing?
Adam Strange; Teen Titans -
4.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
5.
["Hey kids! Are there younger kids at your house..."]
Sesame Street; Batman; Superman -
6.
Kill a Friend to Save a World!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ed Boner
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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