Action Comics
#428
(October 1973)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 36
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-07-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #98.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy; Murphy Anderson (Superman poster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; typeset
- Job Number
- S-1575
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, I wonder whatever happened to him?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman (poster)
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen jubileumsalbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) (1974) [andra sidan av artikeln] - in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #5/1979 ([30 april] 1979)
-
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #5/1979 (uke 20 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Nick Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Original artwork revealed that the Superman poster was inked by Murphy Anderson; information provided by Bob Bailey.
Whatever Happened to Superman?
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- S-1560
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Lex Luthor (villain); Zeke Corey
- Reprints
- in Stålmannen jubileumsalbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1974 series) (1974)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #182 (Circa October 1974) -
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #25 (1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (signed as E. N. B.)
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (illustration)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1582
The Plot to Kill Black Canary!
Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S-1563
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Larkin; Albert the Artist; Linda; Stanley; Seldon (Smuggler); Nenner (Smuggler); Louie (Snitch)
- Synopsis
- Green Arrow commits Black Canary to be the spokesman for a motorcycle company. While doing a display of the motorcycle at a car show, two thugs try to kill Black Canary.
- Reprints
- in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #67
- in Gigant (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1976 (november 1976)
- in Gigant (Semic, 1976 series) #6/1976 ([10 november] 1976)
-
in The Super Heroes (Egmont UK, 1980 series) #v2#5 (February 1982) -
in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982) - in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #48 (May 1984)
- in Green Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse (DC, 2007 series) ([November] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Metropolis, Illinois
Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Gee, I wonder whatever happened to him?"]
Superman -
1.
Whatever Happened to Superman?
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action -
3.
The Plot to Kill Black Canary!
Green Arrow -
4.
Metropolis, Illinois
Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Bob Bailey
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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