Action Comics #656 [Direct]
(August 1990)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-07-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Jonathan Peterson (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Soul Search - Chapter One: Going to Blazes! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kerry Gammill (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
Brett Breeding (signed)
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Racer; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Blaze
Reprints
Keywords
demons; devils

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Soul Search, Part One of Three: Going to Blaze's (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Bob McLeod
Inks
Brett Breeding
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Job Number
G-5636
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Black Racer; Sam Bradley, Jr.; Jerry White; Jimmy Olsen; Keith Timmons (introduction); Andrea; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Stephen; Lex Luthor (villain); Gretchen Kelley (villain); Blaze [Angelica Blaze] (villain)
Synopsis
Jimmy and Jerry have been shot, and Blaze has taken their souls. Black Racer appears, and takes Superman to Blaze's realm.
Reprints

CapriSun 100% Natural Presents The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

CapriSun 100% Natural / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Bonks Adventure (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bonk / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

Re: Action / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Eury
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Jacob Gilbert, Martin Simcox, Glenn Boreham, Sean Twist, Dale Coe and Alexander Savakis - and responses from Michael Eury.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Soul Search - Chapter One: Going to Blazes!
    Superman
  2. 1. Soul Search, Part One of Three: Going to Blaze's
    Superman
  3. 2. CapriSun 100% Natural Presents The Adventure - Part IV: Egging Some Poachers!
    CapriSun 100% Natural
  4. 3. Bonks Adventure
    Bonk
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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