Action Comics #495 [British]
(May 1979)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
42
Price
0.12 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041005
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks
José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

Job Number
S-3104
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The death duel that began on another world when Clark Kent was Superboy--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Dwalu
Reprints
Keywords
billboards; swords

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Attack of the Ultimate Warrior! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3099
Genre
superhero
Characters
Chief Parker; Dwalu from Krypton; Lois Lane; Superboy (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis
Superman learns that the ghostly presences he has been investigating in Smallville are a menace he had defeated as Superboy that came to Earth. Superman deals with the menace.
Reprints

The Golden Treasure (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
#S-3109

Volume 79 Issue 8 - Week of February 19, 1979 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The death duel that began on another world when Clark Kent was Superboy--"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Attack of the Ultimate Warrior!
    Superman
  3. 2. The Golden Treasure
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  5. 4. Volume 79 Issue 8 - Week of February 19, 1979
    Daily Planet
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore