Action Comics
#458
(April 1976)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 39
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-01-29
- 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 (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #126.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-2247
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Superman runs into real interference from his newest, most fantastic foe -- Blackrock!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Blackrock
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1976 (3. Juli 1976) -
in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #9 (Settembre 1976) -
in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1108 (7 de junio de 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Make Me a Super-Hero!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- S-2201
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Lola Barnett; Samuel Tanner; Newton Rockwell; Blackrock (intro, origin, villain)
- Synopsis
- The head of UBC TV believes that the GBS TV network (at which Clark Kent works) owns Superman. He wants a super-hero for his network. Dr. Silverstone creates the Blackrock suit for UBC. Superman and Blackrock get in each others' way to stop bank robbers. But who is Blackrock?
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #14/1976 (3. Juli 1976)
- in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #9 (Settembre 1976)
- in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1108 (7 de junio de 1977)
-
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #23 (juillet 1979) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #51 (1983), #58 (1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Action Comics #459.
Masquerade of the Nutty Kid!
Black Canary; Green Arrow / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S-2179
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Arrow; Black Canary; Danny Harris; Lex Luthor (villain)
- Synopsis
- Lex Luthor reveals his plan. He masqueraded as Danny Harris to get close to Black Canary and use his hypno-gun to make her try to kill Green Arrow. But Black Canary hypnotizes herself to see Lex Luthor as Green Arrow, enabling her to attack him. He escapes, but this breaks the spell. The real Green Arrow arrives to help Black Canary find the real Danny Harris.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #12 (Dicembre 1976)
-
in Super Adventure Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #4 ([Circa 1976-1977]) [minus 1 page] - in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1108 (7 de junio de 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[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-2253
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Superman runs into real interference from his newest, most fantastic foe -- Blackrock!"]
Superman -
1.
Twinkieless Gotham City
Batman; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
Make Me a Super-Hero!
Superman -
3.
Justice for All Includes Children, 2
Superman -
4.
Masquerade of the Nutty Kid!
Black Canary; Green Arrow -
5.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Glenn Simpson
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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