Action Comics #568 [Newsstand]
(June 1985)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-03-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041006
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #13.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #568 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Amazing Matchmaker of Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Bender (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Keywords
hearts

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Disappearing Act! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Elliot Maggin
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Al Williamson
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ed King
Job Number
S-4620
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Alice White; Jinx Turner
Synopsis
Superman helps Jinx Turner, a magician who has real magic powers he can barely control. Meanwhile, we learn that Perry White has begun to become more forgetful.
Reprints
Keywords
elephant; India; magician; stage magic

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

Action Reaction / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4618

The Amazing Matchmaker of Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Howard Bender
Inks
Alex Niño
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4536
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Shvaughn Erin; Lois Lane
Synopsis
Jimmy Olsen thinks he has a match-making computer from the future, and finds mates for himself, Lois and Superman. But it turns out to just be a thought-actualizer, and the mates aren't real people.
Reprints
Keywords
time travel

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Amazing Matchmaker of Metropolis!
    Superman
  2. 1. Disappearing Act!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Action Reaction
  4. 3. The Amazing Matchmaker of Metropolis!
    Superman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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