Action Comics #523 [Direct]
(September 1981)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-05-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (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 (sourced)
Letters
?

Job Number
S-3677
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't panic, Steve! I'll save you from this alien monster!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Steve Lombard; an alien; The Atom (inset)
Reprints
Keywords
extraterrestrials

Steve Lombard's Double Life! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited as G. D'Angelo)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as Costanza)

Job Number
S-3671
Feature Logo
Superman [rounded u bottom]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Steve Lombard; Oscar Asherman; an unnamed alien race (villains)
Synopsis
Superman deals with an alien who claims to be Steve Lombard's brother, but is really just wanting to steal Steve's athletic ability.
Reprints

The Robot Master (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Eye of the Storm! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited)
Pencils
Alex Saviuk (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as Costanza)

Job Number
S-3686
Feature Logo
The Atom [rounded e]
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Ray Palmer's father; Mary Palmer (Ray Palmer's mother); Professor Alpheus Hyatt; Jean Palmer [Jean Loring]; The Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (villain)
Synopsis
The Atom is sent back in time, where he is involved in the incident that led to his parents meeting. Back in the present, Atom is able to get Professor Hyatt to help defeat the Calculator.
Reprints
Keywords
hurricanes; Time Pool; time travel

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

Superman in Action / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (signed)
Pencils
Curt Swan (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-3681

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Tim Wahowske and Mark Amundsen.

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

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Don't panic, Steve! I'll save you from this alien monster!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Steve Lombard's Double Life!
    Superman
  3. 2. The Robot Master
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. The Eye of the Storm!
    The Atom
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  6. 5. ["If you've only seen the first part -- you haven't seen the best part!"]
    Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore