Action Comics
#518
[Direct]
(April 1981)
- Volume:
- 44
- Price:
- 0.50 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet
Superman / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Todd Klein
- Job Number:
- S-3555
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Mike Murphy; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Karmault; Farlung; Professor Hodgkins
- Synopsis:
- Superman must discover why alien beings are stealing dams and factories on Earth.
Old Gold
Wonder Woman; Hostess / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Hostess Twinkie ad.
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Editing:
- Len Wein
- Job Number:
- J-7016
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Aquaman; Mera; Inspector Irwin; Ocean Master; Poseidon; Cal
- Synopsis:
- Poseidon attacks Aquaman.
Indexer Notes
Story in Action #518-520 expanded from plot originally intended for Adventure #480.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-3577
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Tony Edwards, Michael Burkhalter, T.M. Maple, Mike Christiansen and Neil Ahlquist.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet
Superman -
2.
Old Gold
Wonder Woman; Hostess -
3.
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Aquaman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Per Sandell
- Mike Nielsen
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- Bob Klein
- 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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