Action Comics #589 [Canadian]
(June 1987)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-03-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041006
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor); Mike Carlin (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #37.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #589 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern Corps; Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Salakk]]
Reprints

Green on Green (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Lantern Corps; Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-3098
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Ch'p]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Kilowog]; Green Lantern [Salakk]]; The Therils (first appearance, an alien race of smart soilworms)
Synopsis
When Hawkman triggered the overlord switch in #588, it sent Superman 400,000 light years from Earth, where he is found by Arisia of the Green Lantern Corps. Superman and the Corps then team up to stop the mystical menace that Superman thought was stopped when he teamed up with the Phantom Stranger.
Reprints

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

Re: Action / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2731

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - T.M. Maple, Mark Haden Frazer, Michael A. Medlock and Danny DeAngelo.

In Memorium (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

John Byrne writes an obituary for Gardner Fox, who had recently passed away.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern Corps; Superman
  2. 1. Green on Green
    Green Lantern Corps; Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
  4. 3. In Memorium
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