Action Comics #488

(October 1978)

Superman Battles Microwave Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates (credited)

Pencils

Curt Swan (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number

S-2917

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Metropolis Park, the dead of night-- where a fearsome display of indescribable violence has shattered a majestic statue of steel!

Feature Logo

Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Microwave Man [Lewis Padgett]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Henry

Synopsis

Superman battles Microwave Man, a former super-villain from the past rejuvenated by aliens.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1979 (24. Januar 1979)
• in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #3 (juillet 1979)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #3/1980 (uke 12 1980)

Keywords

Galaxy Communications; Metropolis; Metropolis Park

Batman and the Corsair of Crime (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

#S-2967

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear ENB: Well, well, well! After the last several issues of Action, #483 was a breath of fresh air!

Feature Logo

Superman in Action [booth change]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tony Berg, Andrew C. Taylor, and Beppe Sabatini.

A Close Shave for Air Wave! (Table of Contents: 4)

Air Wave / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (credited)

Pencils

Alex Saviuk (credited)

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte (credited)

Colors

Jerry Serpe (credited)

Letters

Milt Snapinn (credited as Milton Snapinn)

Job Number

S-2952

First Line of Dialogue or Text

District attorney Larry Jordan battled crime not only in the courtrooms, but also in the streets, as the costumed hero...

Feature Logo

Air Wave

Genre

superhero

Characters

Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback); Air Wave [Larry Jordan] (flashback); Helen Jordan (flashback); Jack Jordan (flashback); Janice Jordan (introduction); Jason Jordan (introduction); Jennifer Jordan (introduction); Karen Peterson (introduction); Casey Jones (introduction); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (flashback); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback)

Synopsis

Young Hal Jordan arrives in Dallas to visit his cousin Jack. At the airport, he (as Air Wave) stops a hijacker. At a train museum, Air Wave battles the Railroad Robber. But Hal's new friend Karen has suspicions about Hal and Air Wave.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1979 (10. Januar 1979)
• in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #3 (juillet 1979)
• in Superman Presents Action Album (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) ([1982])

Keywords

Dallas; Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)