Action Comics #522 [Direct]
(August 1981)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1981-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
S-3630
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Turn off your time tornado -- for the sake of humanity!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Clockwork Man
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Keywords
robots

Indexer Notes

Todd Klein lettering credit from http://kleinletters.com/1981Covers.html. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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The Time-Tornado of the Clockwork Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
S-3658
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Superman must stop a robot that is trying to alter the speed of time.
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Pirates' Gold (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Hurricane Harness Hijack! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Atom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-3683
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom (Ray Palmer]; The Calculator [Noah Kuttler]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo)
Synopsis
Atom must battle the Calculator, who is after Professor Hyatt's invention, the Hurricane Harness. But the Atom gets thrown into the Time Pool!
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3635
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Turn off your time tornado -- for the sake of humanity!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Time-Tornado of the Clockwork Man!
    Superman
  3. 2. Pirates' Gold
    Aquaman; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. The Hurricane Harness Hijack!
    The Atom
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
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