Action Comics
#564
[Newsstand]
(February 1985)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-11-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893041002
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #9.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #564 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #564 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Eduardo Barreto (signed)
- Inks
- Eduardo Barreto (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, this is really the Man of Steel-- --Only he doesn't know it!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #10/1985 -
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #64 (1985) -
in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #30 (octobre 1985) -
in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #10/1985 (uke 42 1985)
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A New Life for Superman
Superman / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- S-4487
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Master Jailer (villain); The Monitor (cameo); Harbinger (cameo); Mr. Preston; Dave Padget
- Synopsis
- The Master Jailer uses a device from the Monitor to alter Superman's memory so he thinks he's just an ordinary man.
- Reprints
- in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #10/1985
- in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #64 (1985)
- in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #30 (octobre 1985)
- in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #10/1985 (uke 42 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Non-advertised, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths mini-series, three-panel-sequence-cameo with The Monitor (shown in silhouette only w/voice) and Lyla [Harbinger].
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-4551
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Dale Coe, A245007, Keith L. Partain, Michael Willis and Mike Souza.
...Run for Freedom!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-4527
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Superman helps an escaped alien slave escape from his master.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #10/1985 (6. Mai 1985)
-
- Keywords
- Independence Hall; Philadelphia; Underground Railroad
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Giordano
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes a checklist of DC titles on sale the week of November 22nd, 1984.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Yes, this is really the Man of Steel-- --Only he doesn't know it!"]
Superman -
1.
A New Life for Superman
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction -
3.
...Run for Freedom!
Superman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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