Action Comics #560 [Direct]

(October 1984)

Meet John Doe! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Alex Saviuk (credited)

Inks

Dave Hunt (credited)

Colors

Gene D'Angelo (credited)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number

S-4456

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Three weeks ago:

Feature Logo

Superman [rounded u bottom]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; John Doe; Josh Coyle; Perry White; Monitor (cameo); Sally (Perry White's secretary); various police

Synopsis

Superman must contend with “John Doe”, an escaped convict equipped with sonic-blaster-cuffs supplied by The Monitor, and inexplicable bouts of temporary amnesia.

Reprints

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1985 (28. Januar 1985)
• in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #28 (avril 1985)

Keywords

alien elements; escape; Fortress of Solitude; prison; revenge

Indexer Notes

Non-advertised, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths mini-series four-panel-sequence-cameo by The Monitor (only hands shown with voice).

Next issue blurb in the final panel tells of the return to these pages of classic Superman artist Wayne Boring.

[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 / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis (signed as Bob Rozakis Signature)

Pencils

José Luis García-López

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-4464

Police Blotter (Table of Contents: 4)

Ambush Bug / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Keith Giffen (signed as Keith Giffen Signature Curly-Q G) (plot); Robert Loren Fleming

Pencils

Keith Giffen (signed as Keith Giffen Signature Curly-Q G)

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

Anthony Tollin

Letters

John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thought for the day: "Sure I'm crazy, but what can I do? So are you!"

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Ambush Bug [Irwin Schwab]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Bud Lipschitz; Dr. Derwood Denton; police desk sergeant

Synopsis

Ambush Bug sets up a detective agency and is interviewed by Clark Kent.

Reprints

• in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #4/1992 (1992)
• in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) ([May] 2009)

Keywords

abounding oddities; detective agency; doing-something-their-own-way; dream sequence; interview; meta humor; non-sequiturs; origin

Indexer Notes

Eight pages of zany non-sequiturs with Ambush Bug, highlighted by his exposing Clark Kent as Superman, and arresting a car for overtime parking – then depositing the car on the steps of police headquarters (with a note) as all good superheroes are wont to do. There is also a one-page origin sequence for Ambush Bug, ending with a panel stating "Please Stand By We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties".