Action Comics #524 [Newsstand]
(October 1981)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-07-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041010
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #192.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #524 [Direct].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed as ANDRU)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
S-3704
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've been masquerading as Clark Kent long enough, Superman!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints
Keywords
imposters

Indexer Notes

Todd Klein lettering credit from http://kleinletters.com/1981Covers.html. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

If I Can't Be Clark Kent... Nobody Can! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko (credited)
Pencils
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Job Number
S-3659
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where... am I...?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Perry White; Lex Luthor (cameo); Lois Lane; Batman (cameo)
Synopsis
A clone of Superman that was created by Lex Luthor tries to take the place of Clark Kent.
Reprints
Keywords
clone; Fortress of Solitude; Gold Kryptonite; Green Kryptonite; Superman Robot

Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste. (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lights... Camera... Crime! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Asteroids Missile Command Video Pinball plus... (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Atari Video Games and Systems / advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

1981: A Time to Start Caring for the Disabled (Table of Contents: 7)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Life isn't always fair... but you can make it better!
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

PSA from the United Nations featuring Superman.

Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Catastrophe By Calculation! (Table of Contents: 9)

Air Wave; The Atom / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited)
Pencils
Alex Saviuk (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Job Number
S-3691
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Air Wave; Atom; Judge Bradley Golding; Professor Hyatt; The Calculator; Jean Loring
Synopsis
The Atom seeks Air Wave's assistance to stop the Calculator.
Reprints
Keywords
Time Pool

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[Write Right Now!] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-3710
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once again, the pressures of inflation have brought us to the point where we had to raise our price...
Feature Logo
Superman in Action [booth change]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tim Wahowske, Leona Cantin, Pat Bain, Domenic Romano, and Todd McFarlane.

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)