Action Comics #545 [Newsstand]
(July 1983)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
46
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041007
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #545 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4132
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The old Brainiac had the merest touch of humanity!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac
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Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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...With But a Single Step! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
S-4156
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Brainiac (villain); Rip Hunter; Cave Carson; Dane Dorrance; Rick Flag; Dolphin (all as the Forgotten Heroes, all cameo)
Synopsis
Superman battles Brainiac, who has taken on a new body. Brainiac escapes and forms an alien army. Back on Earth, the Forgotten Heroes begin to gather.
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Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March.

Story continues in Action Comics #546 (August 1983).

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Action Reaction / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4137

Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The old Brainiac had the merest touch of humanity!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. ...With But a Single Step!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Action Reaction
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