Action Comics
#683
[Direct]
(November 1992)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
- 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
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
1992 Triangle #44. 2nd and 3rd printings exist.
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The Trail of the Jackal
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roger Stern
- Pencils:
- Jackson Guice
- Inks:
- Denis Rodier
- Colors:
- Glenn Whitmore
- Letters:
- Bill Oakley
- Job Number:
- G-7581
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Lois Lane; Professor Emil Hamilton; Darwin Jones; Sheriff Guilkey; Jackal (villain; first appearance); Arnie; Nate Winslow (villain); Doomsday (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Superman must stop a new vigilante who is murdering criminals... The Jackal! Doomsday breaks free of his prison.
- Reprints:
-
in The Death of Superman (DC, 1993 series) #[nn] (1993) [page 22]
-
Re: Action
Re: Action / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jennifer Frank
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Christopher S. Aguinaldo, Paul N. Hicks and David Scott - and responses from Jennifer Frank.
Joe Shuster 1914-1992
Joe Shuster / text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- biography
- Synopsis:
- "The comic book field has lost a great artist and a true pioneer. He'll be sorely missed." -- Jerry Siegel
Indexer Notes
Obituary/tribute to Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Night of the Jackal!
Superman -
1.
The Trail of the Jackal
Superman -
2.
Re: Action
Re: Action -
3.
Joe Shuster 1914-1992
Joe Shuster
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