Action Comics
#573
[Direct]
(November 1985)
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 600)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
["Wolfingham -- how could you sell the earth to that alien?"]
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Howard Bender (signed)
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Bax
- Reprints:
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #25/1985 (2. Dezember 1985)
-
- Keywords:
- currency
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #573 [Direct]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1/w200/1098.jpg?5767558948402809120)
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The Sale of the Century
Superman / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Craig Boldman
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Duncan Andrews
- Job Number:
- S-4675
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Wormwood; Bax; Zazzbug; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis:
- Wolfingham tries to swindle an alien by selling him the planet Earth.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #25/1985 (2. Dezember 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
MASK / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Fleisher
- Pencils:
- Mike Chen
- Inks:
- Joe DelBeato
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gene D'Angelo
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Laurie Rozakis
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-4703
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from David Pulleyblank, Dale Coe, T.M. Maple and David Young.
If I Were Superman...
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Kevin Juaire; Dave Campiti
- Pencils:
- Alex Saviuk
- Inks:
- Eduardo Barreto
- Colors:
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters:
- Helen Vesik
- Job Number:
- S-4704
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Ernie Doyle; Lana Lang
- Synopsis:
- Ernie Doyle, a street vendor in Metropolis, imagines what he'd do if he was Superman.
- Reprints:
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #25/1985 (2. Dezember 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Arnaldo Lopez Jr.
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes a checklist of other DC titles on sale the week of August 29th, 1985.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wolfingham -- how could you sell the earth to that alien?"]
Superman -
1.
The Sale of the Century
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
MASK -
3.
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction -
4.
If I Were Superman...
Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile...
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