Action Comics
#377
(June 1969)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, (semi-monthly, March)
- On-sale Date
- 1969-04-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Cage of Doom!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-180
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Anti-Superman Gang
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cages; green kryptonite
The Cage of Doom!
Superman / comic story / 12.17 pages
- Job Number
- W-144
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Anti-Superman Gang [Doc Smyth [Eureka Smith]; Wheels Talbot; Brains Logan; Giant-Killer Jones]
- Synopsis
- Superman uses a near-invisible protective suit to defeat the Anti-Superman Gang and their Kryptonite deathtrap.
- Reprints
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #14/1969 ([oktober] 1969) -
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #15 (mars 1970) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #148 (Circa December 1971) - in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #19 (mars 1979) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
-
- Keywords
- Green Kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Page 6 is a 2/3-page and page 13 is a 1/2-page.
The Face behind the Lead Mask!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor heads only)
- Inks
- John Forte; Al Plastino (page 4 and some Superboy and Luthor heads only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Superboy; Chameleon Boy (statue); Bouncing Boy (statue); Shrinking Violet (statue); Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg] (statue)]; Lex Luthor; Urthlo; Mon-El
- Synopsis
- At a regular meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Legionnaires lose control of their powers. Urthlo arrives and announces that he now controls the Legionnaires' powers and there is nothing they can do about it. But Saturn Girl comes up with a serum to temporarily cure Mon-El and immunize him against lead, and Superboy releases him from the Phantom Zone to knock out Urthlo, who turns out to be an automaton created by Lex Luthor sent into the future to destroy the Legion.
- Reprints
-
from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #300 (September 1962) - in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #146 (Circa October 1971)
-
- Keywords
- Legion Clubhouse; Phantom Zone; Science Police; time travel
Indexer Notes
Legion series begins in Action Comics, following run in Adventure Comics.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- W-184
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by John McDonald, Brian Hoye, John Baxter, Leonard Philip Zinna, Barry Easton, and A Fan of Superman and Truth.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Cage of Doom!
Superman -
1.
["How can this be possible?"]
Batman; Sgt. Rock -
2.
The Cage of Doom!
Superman -
3.
["The first name in comics presents..."]
Superman -
4.
The Face behind the Lead Mask!
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes -
5.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
6.
["13 tales that will hold you in unbelievable suspense..."]
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- Tony R. Rose
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