Action Comics #714 [Direct Sales]
(October 1995)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD; 1.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1995-08-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 71411
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); KC Carlson (editor); Chris Duffy (assistant); Mike McAvennie (assistant)

Issue Notes

1995 Triangle 37.
This issue has variants:

The Joke's on You! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kieron Dwyer (signed)
Inks
Denis Rodier (signed)
Colors
Susan Bourdages; Android Images (separations)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Joker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

1995 Triangle #37.

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Crossing the [Punch] Line! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
David Michelinie
Pencils
Kieron Dwyer
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Anson Turley (first appearance); Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Mighty Martian Powee Rangers (first appearance; villains); Joker (villain)
Synopsis
The Joker comes to Metropolis to take over a company that is making toys in his image.
Reprints

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

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
Susan Bourdages; Android Images (separations)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Lois Lane
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: John R. Shearer, Michael Cassano, Matthew Barker, Scott McClenny, Sorel Sines, T. Paul Lehman, Matt Hicks, Jerry Compton, and James Wilson.

The Deal of Steel (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Indexer Notes

Subscription ad DC-7 with Superman (on page 29 of this issue).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 8 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Levis (jeans), Free Looney Tunes Figurines (cereal, Post), Batman Forever (game, Acclaim), Doom (game, id Software), DC Villains: The Dark Judgment (cards, SkyBox), Metalists, Nightmares, Nemeses (sports cards, Topps, two pages), Six Flags (theme parks), Clearasil (acne pads, Proctor & Gamble), and Comix Zone (game, Sega). Appear in various places in the issue.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Joke's on You!
    Superman
  2. 1. Crossing the [Punch] Line!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
  4. 3. The Deal of Steel
  5. 4. [Ads]
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Thomas Kina
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore
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