Action Comics #412

(May 1972)

Secret of the First Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B 2035

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Josdin (villain); Jessica Sloan

Synopsis:

A strangely advanced man is rescued in the subway by Superman, who returns him 60 million years into the past.

Reprints:

• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1972 ([november] 1972)
• in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #12/1972 (5 december 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Seriepocket (Semic, 1972 series) #68 - Stålmannen (1978)
• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #105 (Circa 1973-1974)
• in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #30 (1978) [2. translation]
• in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)

Keywords:

time travel

The Menace of the Sky-Scorchers (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

John Calnan

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-1305

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Paul Stewart; Tracy; Hermie

Synopsis:

Superman discovers that something is causing satellites to fall from the sky.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #20/1972 (30. September 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #9/1973 ([september] 1973)
• in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #10/1973 ([2 oktober] 1973)
• in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)

The Superman Legend (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-1257

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman

Indexer Notes

Features the origin of Superman and additional facts; a blue-lined image of Superman is behind the text on the first page, and a full-color Superman symbol rests at the bottom of the second page.

Duel of the Divided Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Eclipso / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Lee Elias (signed)

Inks:

Lee Elias (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Stan Starkman

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Eclipso; Bruce Gordon; Pofessor Bennett; Mona Bennett; Doctor Karko; Colonel Gray

Synopsis:

Bruce Gordon and Profesor Bennett go into orbit in an experimental space capsule. When it looks like Eclipso could take over Gordon permanently, Gordon tries to sacrifice himself.

Reprints:

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #62 (September-October 1963)

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

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Where the Action Is / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

B-1337