Action Comics
#403
(August 1971)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-06-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Attack of the Micro-Murderer
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B1040
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #61 -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #12/1972 ([desember] 1972) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1973 (2 januari 1973)
-
- Keywords
- blood transfusions; crutches
Attack of the Micro-Murderer
Superman / comic story / 15 pages
- Job Number
- B-864
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Zohtt
- Synopsis
- A strange magical wraith takes up residence in side one of the cells of Superman's blood.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #61
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #12/1972 ([desember] 1972)
- in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1973 (2 januari 1973) which is reprinted
- in Seriepocket (Semic, 1972 series) #68 (1978)
-
in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #4 (1er trimestre 1973) - in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #30 (1978) [2. translation]
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #36 (1981)
-
- Keywords
- beheading; blood transfusion; Bottle City of Kandor; firing squad; Fortress of Solitude; lynching; public execution; time travel
The Man with the X-Ray Mind
Superman / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1012
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Mr. Lundgren; Professor Borwin
- Synopsis
- Clark and his professor discover a janitor has powers of scrying and precognition, which Professor Borwin wants to use to steal a secret formula.
- Reprints
- in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #4/1972 (12. Februar 1972)
-
in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 ? series) #21 ([May 1973] ?) - in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #10/1977 ([september] 1977)
-
- Keywords
- amnesia; ESP; Metropolis University
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1039
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from John David Warner.
The Impossible Legend
Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Vigilante; Stuff; Outlaw Benton (villain); Deputy Blake; Deputy Carter; Deputy Wright
- Synopsis
- Vigilante proves an old legend by capturing criminals, two while deaf, two while he could not speak and the final two when he could not see.
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #176 (January 1953) - in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #80 ([December 1971])
-
- Keywords
- Morse Code
When Krypto Was Superboy's Master!
Superboy / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang; Professor Lang
- Synopsis
- Superboy and Krypto exchange minds.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #310 (July 1963)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Attack of the Micro-Murderer
Superman -
1.
Attack of the Micro-Murderer
Superman -
2.
The Man with the X-Ray Mind
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is -
4.
The Impossible Legend
Vigilante -
5.
When Krypto Was Superboy's Master!
Superboy
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