Action Comics
#390
(July 1970)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-05-28
- 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; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Self-Destruct Superman!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- W-470
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Oval Office; Washington Monument; White House
The Self-Destruct Superman
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- W-466
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superman Robot; Fax-Or; Jor-El (flashback)
- Synopsis
- A secret weapon that Superman had given to the President of the United States in case Superman turned evil is released and is hunting down Superman.
- Reprints
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #21/1970 (10. Oktober 1970) -
in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #39 (mars 1972) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #55 ([August 1973] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Krakatoa; time travel; White House
The Tyrant and the Traitor!
Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12 pages
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5; Element Lad; Karate Kid; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl]; President Peralla of Lahum; Diol Masrin; Chavak; Proty II; Nym Belev; Yroa; Wanpar; Marli Zhorg
- Synopsis
- The Legion Espionage Squad is asked to overthrow the president of Lahum, without allowing a revolutionary alligned with the Dark Circle to take power. While most of the team infiltrate the revolutionaries, Saturn Girl gets a position with an official in the cabinet of the president.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #149 (Circa January 1972)
-
in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #9 (1999 [January 2000]) - in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
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Indexer Notes
Story continues in the following issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Self-Destruct Superman!
Superman -
1.
The Self-Destruct Superman
Superman -
2.
The Tyrant and the Traitor!
Legion of Super-Heroes -
3.
Mistakes in "Puzzle of the Wild World"
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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