Action Comics
#406
(November 1971)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-09-30
- 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 Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B1125
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Clark Kent
- Keywords
- Beefeaters; castles; ghosts; lanterns; Yeoman Warders
Master of Miracles!
Superman / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- B-1075
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Morgan Edge; Van-Tarr (villain); Doctor Blanchard; Professor Dorvas
- Synopsis
- Superman investigates a commune who's leader is attracting the greatest scientists on Earth.
- Reprints
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #11/1972 (20. Mai 1972) -
in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1973 series) #2 (octobre-novembre-décembre 1973) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in Superman (Interpresse, 1969 series) #79 (juin 1974) -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1974 ([juni] 1974) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #7/1974 (25 juni 1974)
-
- Keywords
- commune; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; pollution
The Challenge of the Expanding World
The Atom; The Flash / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed as
Alexander TOTH) - Inks
- Alex Toth (signed as Alexander TOTH)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Stan Starkman ?
- Job Number
- B-1114
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Barry Allen]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Iris West (cameo); Attila-5 (villain); Dr. Willis Stanton; Arbellice; Larnus; Zarn
- Synopsis
- Flash and Atom must stop a microscopic world from expanding.
- Reprints
-
from The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #53 (April-May 1964) - in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #7 (octobre-novembre-décembre 1973) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics #407. Story in two parts of 8.67 and 4 pages.
D.C. Sweeps A.C.B.A. Awards
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams (covers only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
Indexer Notes
Includes pencil sketches of the Academy of Comic Book Artists 1971 Shazam Awards winners from DC and cover reproductions of Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #76 and #86.
The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent
Superman / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1111
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Troy Magnus
- Synopsis
- Superman encounters a ghost in the Tower of London.
- Reprints
- in Stålmannen [julalbum] (Semic, 1978 series) #1978 (1977)
- in Supermann gavealbum (Semic, 1977 series) #1978 (1978)
- in Batman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #22 (octobre 1979)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #38 (July 1983)
-
- Keywords
- alchemy; England; ghost; London; Tower of London
Indexer Notes
An Untold Tale of Clark Kent
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1131
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from Bob Rozakis.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent!
Superman -
1.
Master of Miracles!
Superman -
2.
The Challenge of the Expanding World
The Atom; The Flash -
3.
D.C. Sweeps A.C.B.A. Awards
-
4.
The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent
Superman -
5.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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