Action Comics
#392
(September 1970)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-07-30
- 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; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Shame of the Super-Son!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-493
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (alternate Earth); Batman Jr. (alternate Earth); Superman [Clark Kent] (alternate Earth); Superman Jr. [Clark Kent Jr.] (alternate Earth)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- diving boards; Imaginary Story; swimming pools
The Shame of the Super-Son!
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- W-497
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne] (alternate Earth); Batman Jr. (alternate Earth); Superman [Clark Kent] (alternate Earth); Superman Jr. [Clark Kent Jr.] (alternate Earth); Clark Kent's wife (unnamed, alternate Earth); Superman Jr. robot (in flashback, alternate Earth); Batman Jr.'s date (alternate Earth); Superman Jr.'s date (alternate Earth); Kandorians (alternate Earth)
- Synopsis
- Superman Jr. has problems adjusting after his father removes his super-powers with gold kryptonite, but later he manages to save Superman's life because he is no longer vulnerable to green kryptonite.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #140 (Circa April 1971) -
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #43 (juillet 1972)
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- Keywords
- cosmo-kinetic bracelets; Fortress of Solitude; gold kryptonite; green kryptonite; Imaginary Story; Interplanetary Zoo; Kandor
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-580
Indexer Notes
letters from: Richard H. Morrissey, Don Gheno, Morris Mason, Gary Skinner; new letter column name submitted by Joseph Ogasapian
Let's Rap!
activity / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- various (illustrations)
- Inks
- various (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
reader survey
The Legionnaires Who Never Were!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- W-490
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes: Brainiac 5 [Querl Dox] (also as Prince Projectur); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (also as Pozr-Du); Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Element Lad [Jan Arrah]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Princess Projectra; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]; Shrinking Violet [Salu Digby]; Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (also as Saturn Lad); Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]
Marla Latham (adult advisor) - Universe
- DC : mainstream
- Synopsis
- When Saturn Girl and Princess Projectra return from a mission their fellow Legionnaires don't recognize them, because they already have two male members with the girls' powers. In the end, Mon-El and Element Lad are sworn in as the new leader and deputy leader.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Tempo Books, 1977 series) #14535 (1977) [reformatted] - 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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Indexer Notes
New costume design for Saturn Girl was submitted by K. Haven Metzger.
After this issue, the Legion series moves to Superboy (DC, 1949 series) starting with #172.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Shame of the Super-Son!
Superman -
1.
The Shame of the Super-Son!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is -
3.
Let's Rap!
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4.
The Legionnaires Who Never Were!
Legion of Super-Heroes
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