Action Comics
#472
(June 1977)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 40
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-03-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893041006
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #141.
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (sourced)
- Inks
- Bob Oksner (sourced)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood (sourced)
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- S-2588
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Face it, Superman! I'm as powerful as you--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Faora Hu-Ul
- Reprints
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #398 -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1977 (27. August 1977) -
in Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Horo-Kanu; martial arts; Phantom Zone
Birds of a Feather
Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Phantom Touch of Death!
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- Tex Blaisdell (credited)
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe (credited)
- Letters
- Ben Oda (sourced)
- Job Number
- S-2555
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Faora Hu-Ul; Jackson Porter; nine unnamed Phantom Zone inhabitants (shown on viewer)
- Synopsis
- Superman battles Faora Hu-Ul, who is impersonating Clark's neighbor's deceased wife. Superman projects himself into the Phantom Zone, to be safe from Faora.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1977 (27. August 1977)
-
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #11 (janvier-février 1978) -
in Supermann årsalbum (Semic, 1978 series) #1981 (1981) [page 1 removed]
-
- Keywords
- Phantom Zone
Who -- or What Is the Changing Man?
Shade, the Changing Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
House ad for Shade, the Changing Man (DC, 1977 series) #1, on sale March 8.
Volume 77 Issue 13 - Week of March 28, 1977
Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited as The Answer Man); ?
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin (illustration)
- Inks
- Frank McLaughlin (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Bob Rozakis
Indexer Notes
News about upcoming comics. Includes Direct Currents, Ask the Answer Man, and the solution to the previous week's crossword puzzle.
Illustration is partial cover art for Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #144 (slightly altered).
The Star-Blazing Immortals Stalk the Earth Again!
New Gods / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Newton (credited)
- Inks
- Dan Adkins (credited)
- Colors
- Elizabeth Safian
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #12, on sale April 21.
Art is from the splash page of that issue.
If I'm Here... What Am I Doing Over There?
The Sporting Life of Steve Lombard / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Kunkel (credited)
- Pencils
- John Calnan (credited as J. Calnan)
- Inks
- Tex Blaisdell (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-2599
- Genre
- superhero; sports
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Steve Lombard; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Bruce Wayne
- Synopsis
- The Daily Planet crew play a joke on Steve Lombard, making him think he is seeing a double of himself.
- Reprints
- in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #98 (25 Decembar 1977)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #11 (janvier-février 1978)
- in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #102 ([februar] 1985)
-
- Keywords
- doppelgangers; pranks
[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-2596
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Beth Montelone, Al Schroeder III, Bob Rodi, and Charles David Haskell.
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as
JACK DAVIS) - Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Rick Barry; Dr. J
- Keywords
- basketball
Indexer Notes
Back cover; advertisement for Spalding brand signature basketballs.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Face it, Superman! I'm as powerful as you--"]
Superman -
1.
Birds of a Feather
Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes -
2.
The Phantom Touch of Death!
Superman -
3.
Who -- or What Is the Changing Man?
Shade, the Changing Man -
4.
Volume 77 Issue 13 - Week of March 28, 1977
Daily Planet -
5.
The Star-Blazing Immortals Stalk the Earth Again!
New Gods -
6.
If I'm Here... What Am I Doing Over There?
The Sporting Life of Steve Lombard -
7.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action -
8.
100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set
100 Toy Soldiers -
9.
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- John Monagle
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Glenn Simpson
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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