Action Comics
#486
[Newsstand]
(August 1978)
- Volume:
- 41
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Barcode:
- ?
- 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
["Who is firing at Superman?"]
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia (signed)
- Colors:
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-2922
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman
- Reprints:
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1978 (15. November 1978)
-
- Keywords:
- red suns
Indexer Notes
Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Superman's Time-Killing Trip!
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- George Tuska
- Inks:
- Vince Colletta
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- S-2872
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Halflings; Kampto; Tyros; Lois Lane
- Synopsis:
- Superman travels to the future where he finds the Earth population at war with the Halflings and the sun has turned red, robbing him of his ability to travel home.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1978 (15. November 1978)
-
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #11/1980 (uke 44 1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-2927
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Tony Edwards, Mark Principe and Philip M. Botwinick.
Hero for a Day
Secret Life of Lex Luthor / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Elizabeth Smith; Thomas E. Smith
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Frank McLaughlin
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- Jean Simek
- Job Number:
- S-2730
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lex Luthor; Val Colby; Lena Thorul Colby
- Synopsis:
- Lex Luthor escapes prison to deliver a birthday present for his nephew.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1978 (4. Oktober 1978)
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #2/1979 (uke 8 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Daily Planet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis; ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Who is firing at Superman?"]
Superman -
1.
Superman's Time-Killing Trip!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action -
3.
Hero for a Day
Secret Life of Lex Luthor -
4.
[no title indexed]
Daily Planet
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- Allen Ross
- Jerry Hillegas
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- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
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