Action Comics #599 [Direct]

(April 1988)

Element 126 (Table of Contents: 1)

Metal Men; Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

John Byrne (figure inks); Keith Williams (background inks)

Colors

Petra Goldberg

Letters

John Costanza

Job Number

G-3493

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]; Doc Magnus [Will Magnus]; Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Tinker (villain, introduction, dies); Kryptonoid Man (villain, introduction); Miss Markham (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Luthor uses Tin's components to build a Kryptonoid Man.

Reprints

• in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #40 (Agosto 1988) [páginas 1-3, 4 (quadrinhos 2-5), 5 (quadrinhos 2 e 5-8, com o quadrinho 5 sendo expandido na horizontal para ocupar um espaço maior), 6 (quadrinhos 4-6), 7-16 e 18-22 da história original]
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #8 ([February] 2014)
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #4 (2022)

The Karma Baggers (Table of Contents: 2)

Jimmy Olsen; Superman / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Calchi

Pencils

Britt Wisenbacker

Inks

James Scott

Colors

Glenn Whitmore

Letters

Dan McKinnon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Cat Grant; Rondo [Ronald D. Harris] (introduction; flashback); Delia Banning (introduction); Marty Scavone (introduction); Col. John Mahoney (introduction); Nima Demostedes (introduction); The Brethren of Gallus (introduction); Gallus Kon Akkqqus [Putham Tane] (villain, introduction); the White Legion (villain, introduction); General Mead (villain, introduction); Dr. Gustavo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Jimmy tries to break a major story by himself.

Indexer Notes

BONUS BOOK No. 1 by new creators. Page count includes "cover."

What's a DC Bonus Book? (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Article discussing the bonus books and gives a brief biography of this books creators.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Re: Action / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Carlin ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-3071

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Danny DeAngelo, Kent A. Phenis, Kip Talbott, Ali Kokmen and Jeff Mitchell.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Average total circulation 181,767.