Action Comics
#580
[Direct]
(June 1986)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-03-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (consulting editor); Tom Condon (credited) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #25.
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The Day Superman Couldn't Save!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Loren Fleming (credited)
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger (credited)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn (credited)
- Job Number
- S-4773
- Feature Logo
Superman [rounded u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Superman is racked with guilt when he has to sacrifice a few to save many more.
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Most Dangerous Toy on Earth!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)
- Pencils
- Martin King (credited); Paris Cullins (credited)
- Inks
- Greg Theakston (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Agustin Más (credited)
- Job Number
- S-4750
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Christopher Ball
- Synopsis
- Superman and an alien have to convince a kid to give up a dangerous object that the alien needs to get home.
- Reprints
-
in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #6/1992 (1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Christopher Ball is real-life winner of Super Powers sweepstakes.
The Mystery of the Missing Moon!
Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg (credited)
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger (credited)
- Inks
- Dave Hunt (credited)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo (credited)
- Letters
- Agustin Más (credited)
- Job Number
- S-4692
- Feature Logo
- Superman [rounded u bottom]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Superman realizes that the moon has been replaced, and has to settle an alien dispute to get it back.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited)
- Pencils
- José Luis GarcÃa-López (logo)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-4786
- Feature Logo
Action Reaction
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
1.
The Day Superman Couldn't Save!
Superman -
2.
The Most Dangerous Toy on Earth!
Superman -
3.
The Mystery of the Missing Moon!
Superman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Action Reaction
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