Action Comics #573 [Direct]
(November 1985)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-08-06
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); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #18.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Bender (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wolfingham-- how could you sell the Earth to that alien?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Bax
Reprints
Keywords
currency
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Fans Choose DC Comics! (Table of Contents: 1)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Comics Buyer's Guide recently polled comic book fans around the world about their favorite books and writers.
Characters
Dick Giordano; Batman; Ambush Bug; Swamp Thing; Teen Titans

Indexer Notes

House ad for DC Comics citing results of The Comics Buyer's Guide recent poll.
Inside front cover.

The Sale of the Century! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Job Number
S-4675
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Editor's note: the events depicted in this issue's stories occurred prior to the dramatic events now appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; J. Wilbur Wolfingham; Wormwood; Bax; Zazzbug; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis
Wolfingham tries to swindle an alien by selling him planet Earth.
Reprints

The A-Maze-Ing Oreo! Chocolate Cookie Sandwich (Table of Contents: 3)

Oreo / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you help the delicious Oreo cookie find the glass of milk?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Oreo cookies.

['Glubgrafutz' (I Save the Orange Ones Till Last.)] (Table of Contents: 4)

Rees's Pieces / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
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?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
He knows as well as you do that all Reese's Pieces have exactly the same delicious out-of-this-world peanut butter taste.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Reese's Pieces.

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

Bonkers! Fruit Candy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bonkers! Fruit Candy bonks you out of this world with a Robot-Watch.

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Bonkers! Fruit Candy Robot-Watch.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

M.A.S.K. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Chen (signed)
Inks
Joe Delbeato (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor)
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

"Cover" of the "Special MASK Preview." Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Assault on Mount Mayhem (Table of Contents: 7)

M.A.S.K. / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Michael Chen
Inks
Joe Delbeato
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Tim Harkins
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At world-famous Archer Glen Speedway, a lightning-swift Formula-One racer flashes across the finish line...
Genre
adventure
Characters
MASK [Matt Trakker; Hondo Maclean; Alex Sector; Bruce Sato; Dusty Hayes; Brad Turner; Buddy Hawks]; Duane Kennedy; VENOM [Miles Mayhem; Cliff Dagger; Ely Ray]
Keywords
Mount Rushmore

Indexer Notes

This is a preview insert in this comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Crisis on Infinite Earths / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The DC Universe will never be the same!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blackhawk; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Elongated Man; Deadman; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Rocky Davis; Ragman; Amethyst; Phantom Stranger; Zatanna; Dolphin; Flash [Barry Allen]; Atomic Knight; Kole; Mister Miracle; Warlord; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Cinnamon; Plastic Man; Big Bear; Shade the Changing Man; Lori Lemaris; Jemm, Son of Saturn; Changeling [Gar Logan]; Tarantula; OMAC; Robin [Jason Todd]; Brainiac 5; Creeper; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Sgt. Rock; Proty; Huntress [Helena Wayne]; Jonni Thunder; The Question; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Firestorm; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Colossal Boy; Tomahawk; Kamandi; Power Girl; Superman (Earth-2); Swamp Thing; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Broot; Star Boy; King Solovar; Fury; Cyborg; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Gypsy; Metamorpho; Doll Man; Nuklon; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jonah Hex; Blue Devil; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Batman (Earth-1); Adam Strange; Wonder Woman (Earth-1); Gold; Dr. Fate; Superman (Earth-1); Supergirl (Earth-1)

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Crisis on Infinite Earths, featuring the cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Action Reaction / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Laurie Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4703

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from David Pulleyblank, Dale Coe, T.M. Maple and David Young.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Family Home Entertainment / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On videocassette

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Transformers television show on videocassette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Starfire is getting married...
Feature Logo
The New Teen Titans [3-D effect]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Starfire; Nightwing

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for The New Teen Titans.

Glow in the Dark Posters (Table of Contents: 12)

Pineapple Kids Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Amazing day and night effects

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for glow-in-the-dark posters from the Pineapple Kids Club.
Advertisement is printed landscape.

If I Were Superman... (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Juaire; David Campiti
Pencils
Alex Saviuk
Inks
Eduardo Barreto
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Helen Vesik
Job Number
S-4704
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the last ten years, street vendor Ernie Doyle has watched Metropolis change.
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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Write right now!

Indexer Notes

Advertisements for: Johnson Smith Co.; Abracadabra Magic Shop; Robert Bell; Golden State Comics; American School; Howard D. Rogofsky; New World Expressions; Pilot Light; Dave's Comics; Empire Comics; Racing; Centorcomics; SSSSH; Defense Arts, Inc.; American Red Cross; Screen Systems Outlet; Passaic Book Ctr; Print Advertising Representatives, Inc. Compiled by Print Advertising Representatives, Inc.

DC Puts Dollars in Your Pocket! (Table of Contents: 15)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
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?
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?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To celebrate our golden 50th anniversary, we're giving YOU a gift!
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Subscription advertisement.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Arnaldo Lopez Jr.; ?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The DC softball team, the Bullets, kicked off the 1985 season with a pizza party pep rally in the Production Department one afternoon in mid-May.

Indexer Notes

Second Guest Meanwhile column by Arnaldo Lopez Jr.
Includes a checklist of other DC titles on sale the week of August 29th, 1985.
Inside back cover.

[Super Powers Collection] (Table of Contents: 17)

Kenner / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get in on the action with Power Action!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Kenner Super Powers Collection of action figures.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Wolfingham-- how could you sell the Earth to that alien?"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Fans Choose DC Comics!
    DC Comics
  3. 2. The Sale of the Century!
    Superman
  4. 3. The A-Maze-Ing Oreo! Chocolate Cookie Sandwich
    Oreo
  5. 4. ['Glubgrafutz' (I Save the Orange Ones Till Last.)]
    Rees's Pieces
  6. 5. ["Bonkers! Fruit Candy bonks you out of this world with a Robot-Watch."]
    Bonkers! Fruit Candy
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    M.A.S.K.
  8. 7. Assault on Mount Mayhem
    M.A.S.K.
  9. 8. ["The DC Universe will never be the same!"]
    Crisis on Infinite Earths
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Action Reaction
  11. 10. ["On videocassette"]
    Family Home Entertainment
  12. 11. ["Starfire is getting married..."]
    Teen Titans
  13. 12. Glow in the Dark Posters
    Pineapple Kids Club
  14. 13. If I Were Superman...
    Superman
  15. 14. ["Write right now!"]
    Print Advertising Representatives, Inc.
  16. 15. DC Puts Dollars in Your Pocket!
    DC Comics
  17. 16. ["The DC softball team, the Bullets, kicked off the 1985 season with a pizza party pep rally in the Production Department one afternoon in mid-May."]
    Meanwhile...
  18. 17. [Super Powers Collection]
    Kenner
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