Action Comics
#398
(March 1971)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-01-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Pied Piper of Steel!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #15/1972 (22. Juli 1972) which is reprinted -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #172 (Circa December 1973) - in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #3 (1975)
-
in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)
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The Pied Piper of Steel
Superman / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-869
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Morgan Edge; Cy Harkin
- Synopsis
- Rock promoter Cy Harkin develops a method of mind control that is transmitted through the music of the concerts he runs so that he can order the teenage fans to tear down the college that once fired him.
- Reprints
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971) [partial black and white]
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #15/1972 (22. Juli 1972)
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in Superman et Batman et Robin (Sage - Sagédition, 1969 series) #46 (octobre 1972) - in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #172 (Circa December 1973)
- in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, 1983 series) (1983)
-
- Keywords
- Daily Planet globe; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; rock music; WGBS
Indexer Notes
In this issue, Morgan Edge orders the Daily Planet globe removed from the building and transfers Clark from the Planet to become a roving television reporter.
Spawn of the Unknown
Superman; Tales of the Fortress / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman (as Geoff Brown)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-881
- Feature Logo
Untold Tales of the Fortress- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl; Professor Bruno
- Synopsis
- Superman encounters a strange species of plant that alters its appearance to that of animals and humans nearby.
- Reprints
-
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1975 ([juni] 1975) - in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #3 (septembre 1976)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-917
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Rudy Rankins; Gerard Triano; Gregory Kent
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1970
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 329,925
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 364,358
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Service, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Pied Piper of Steel!
Superman -
1.
The Pied Piper of Steel
Superman -
2.
Spawn of the Unknown
Superman; Tales of the Fortress -
3.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is -
4.
[no title indexed]
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