Action Comics
#511
(September 1980)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 43
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-06-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 070989341009
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-3396
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ready, Luthor? Together we can defeat these villains!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor; Terra Man; Air Wave (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Supermagasinet (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1983 -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1980 (26. November 1980) -
in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #14 (septembre 1981) [Modifié [Edited]] -
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1983 (uke 27 1983)
-
- Keywords
- ice
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Luthor Fights for Good!
Superman / comic story / 17 pages
- Job Number
- S-3372
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Terra-Man (villain); Angela Blake
- Synopsis
- Lex Luthor declares to the world that he's now good, and proves it by fighting alongside Superman against aliens and Terra-Man.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #24/1980 (26. November 1980)
- in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #14 (septembre 1981)
-
in Superman the Comic (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #2 [7] ([1982]) - in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #7/1983 (uke 27 1983) [1 page removed]
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics #512.
A New Costume for Air Wave!
Air Wave / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-3002
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Jan Jordan; Jennifer Jordan; Karen; Dr. Hargell; a sniper (villain)
- Synopsis
- Air Wave barely stops kids blowing up the high school sign, and ends up getting sun sick. While he recovers, his niece and nephew destroy his costume. Karen the babysitter, who has figured out Hal is Air Wave, secretly sews him a new one. Air Wave debuts his new costume while stopping a shooter at a theme park.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #5/1981 (4. März 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The same records show that the story, originally titled "A New Uniform for Air Wave," was previously scheduled as 10 pages for release in Action Comics #490 (December 1978).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ready, Luthor? Together we can defeat these villains!"]
Superman -
1.
Luthor Fights for Good!
Superman -
2.
A Matter of Good Taste
Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies -
3.
A New Costume for Air Wave!
Air Wave -
4.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Glenn Simpson
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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