(December 1976)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
39
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-09-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Barcode
0709893041012
Editing
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #135.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams)
Inks
Neal Adams (signed as Neal Adams)
Colors
Neal Adams; Cory Adams
Letters
Joe Letterese ?
Job Number
S-2451
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I turned Batman and Flash into kids-- And killed them!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lex Luthor
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #466
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The Muse (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

You Can Take the Man out of the Super, But You Can't Take the Super out of the Boy (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Tex Blaisdell; Bob Wiacek (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda (sourced)
Job Number
S-2389
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]
Synopsis
Lex Luthor de-ages Superman back to boyhood in an attempt to beat him when he has lost his years of experience (ignoring that Superboy was a perfectly capable hero at that age). The origin of Lex Luthor is retold. Superman consults with the similarly de-aged Flash and Batman before the trio take on Luthor again, and defeat him.
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Indexer Notes

Wiacek background inks per Nick Caputo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (signed as E. N. B.)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
#S-2458

Justice for All Includes Children 8 (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superman
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I turned Batman and Flash into kids-- And killed them!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Muse
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. You Can Take the Man out of the Super, But You Can't Take the Super out of the Boy
    Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  5. 4. Justice for All Includes Children 8
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Lee Stephan
  • Jim Van Dore
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