Action Comics #668 [Newsstand]
(August 1991)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1991
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
070989304109 08
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Dan Thorsland (assistant)

Issue Notes

1991 Triangle #26.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #668 [Direct].

Lex Luthor Strikes Again-- From Beyond the Grave! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
Brett Breeding
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lex Luthor; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Keywords
cemeteries; graveyards; lightning; tombstones

Indexer Notes

Cover logo changes to emphasize Superman's name.

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The Ghost of Luthor (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Bob McLeod
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Jonathan Kent; Perry White; Cat Grant; Maggie Sawyer; General Nelson; Jack Ryder [Creeper] (cameo); Suzie Jamie Donatello (first appearance); Evelyn Bishop (first appearance); Jerry; Robbins; Crackers the Clown (first appearance); Beppo the Super-Chimp (first appearance); Renaldo; Aaron Preston; Maxie; Major Burton; Captain Lanning; Nick Buxton; Lex Luthor (villain; dream); Gretchen Kelley (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain)
Synopsis
Superman is frustrated with all the coverage of Lex Luthor this long after his death, and tries to put an end to the rumors of Luthor being alive.
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Indexer Notes

Lex Luthor "confirmed" dead. Perry White reads an article in Newstime noting that Commissioner James Gordon has had a heart attack.

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

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

Script
Dan Thorsland
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Barry DiGregorio, Malcolm Bourne, Charlie Harris, Mike Aragona, Al Tucker, Todd Meyers, Eric Skudlarczyk, Jesse W. Jackson and Kevin W. Hall - and responses from Dan Thorsland.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Lex Luthor Strikes Again-- From Beyond the Grave!
    Superman
  2. 1. The Ghost of Luthor
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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