Action Comics
#431
(January 1974)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 37
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale date
- 1973-10-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #100.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1645
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've finally unmasked you for the monster you really are!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; May Marigold; Nathan Warbow
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1974 (31. August 1974) -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1974 ([oktober] 1974) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #11/1974 ([29 oktober] 1974) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #185 (Circa January 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Color credits provided by Anthony Tollin.
The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1612
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Nathan Warbow; May Marigold; Jonathan Slaughter; Martin Thorpe; a chameleon creature; Batman (cameo)
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1974 (31. August 1974)
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1974 ([oktober] 1974)
- in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #11/1974 ([29 oktober] 1974)
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #185 (Circa January 1975)
- in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #2 (1980)
-
The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!
Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-1622
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Ralston Thomas
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #9/1976 (24. April 1976)
-
in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #555 (October 1985) - in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #68
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I've finally unmasked you for the monster you really are!"]
Superman -
1.
The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!
Superman -
2.
The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!
Green Arrow -
3.
Here Comes the Comics-Man!
Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World -
4.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
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