Action Comics #503 [Whitman]
(January 1980)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
43
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
Whitman W [with Face]
Barcode
3041001
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #503. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3248
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pull harder, Superman! -- Or I'll be kidnapped right out of this world!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lana Lang
Reprints
Keywords
rainbows

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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A Save in Time! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-3236
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; The Astounding Kolzer (villain)
Synopsis
Superman saves a man's life, but then learns that by doing so he has doomed the future. He must figure out how to put things back to normal.
Reprints

The Stony-Eyed Medusa (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3254

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

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Part of The DC Feature Page.

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

DC Puzzle / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Part of The DC Feature Page.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Pull harder, Superman! -- Or I'll be kidnapped right out of this world!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. A Save in Time!
    Superman
  3. 2. The Stony-Eyed Medusa
    The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    DC Puzzle
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