Action Comics #651 [Direct]
(March 1990)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-02-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor); Jonathan Peterson (credited as Jon Peterson) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Day of the Krypton Man, Part III (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Inks
George Pérez (signed as George Perez)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Maxima makes her move!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Maxima; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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[The Day of the Krypton Man, Part III] Not of This Earth (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils
George Pérez (credited) (layouts); Kerry Gammill (credited)
Inks
Brett Breeding (credited)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)
Job Number
G-5331
First Line of Dialogue or Text
First impressions of Newstime Magazine's new managing editor were generally favorable...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Big Barda (dream); Brainiac [Milton Fine & Vril Dox] (flashback) (cameo); Kilowog; Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]; Maxima (villain); Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Mr. Morton; Jeremy; Draaga; K'Raamdyn; Sazu (villain)
Synopsis
Superman rejects Maxima's offer to be her mate. She doesn't take it well.
Reprints
Keywords
Metropolis; Newstime Magazine

Indexer Notes

Story continues from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #464 and story continues in SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #42.

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

Re: Action / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Eury
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-5330

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Kevin Conley, Paul Willis, Joe Frank, Simon DelMonte, Uncle Elvis, Hurricane Heeran and Matthew D. Spatola - and responses from Michael Eury.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Day of the Krypton Man, Part III
    Superman
  2. 1. [The Day of the Krypton Man, Part III] Not of This Earth
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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