Action Comics #555 [Direct]
(May 1984)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Bob Oksner (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And as far as the Parasite's concerned, it'll be her last anniversary!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Supergirl; Parasite
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Reunion! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4324
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Parasite [Maxwell Jensen]; Supergirl [Linda Danvers]
Synopsis
Superman battles the Parasite, then meets Supergirl to give her a surprise.
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Indexer Notes

Anniversary issue of Supergirl's first appearance. Story continues in Supergirl (DC, 1983 series) #20.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Action Reaction / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4342
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["And as far as the Parasite's concerned, it'll be her last anniversary!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Reunion!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Action Reaction
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