Action Comics
#485
[Newsstand]
(July 1978)
- Volume:
- 41
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- 0709893041007
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 600)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks:
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Colors:
- Neal Adams ?; Cory Adams ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2894
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Keywords:
- chains; green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin. Cover is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233.
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #485 [Newsstand]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1/w200/1010.jpg?377312011542260091)
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (1938 series) #485 [Whitman cover]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/817/w100/817301.jpg?8314611951814516961)
The Experiment That Backfired on Superman
Superman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates (pp 1-3; 17); Dennis O'Neil (pp 4-16)
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Joe Rubinstein (pp 1-3, 17); Murphy Anderson (pp 4-16)
- Colors:
- Tony Tollin
- Letters:
- Milt Snapinn
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Synopsis:
- Shows the start of Clark Kent's TV career.
- Reprints:
-
from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233 (January 1971) [with new framing pages] -
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1979 (uke 16 1979) - in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #112 - Supermann (1985) [2. translation]
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
The Experiment That Backfired on Superman
Superman
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Peter Croome
- Jochen G.
- Lou Mazzella
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- Jon Ingersoll
- Diverse Hands
- Brian Mowbray
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Carlos Tasada
- John Douglas Miceli
- Kyle Weber
- Terry Watkins
- Allen Ross
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Ed Boner
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