Action Comics #698 [Direct Sales]
(April 1994)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1994-03-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 69811
Editing
Mike Carlin; Frank Pittarese (associate); Chris Duffy (assistant)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Binding
saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

1994 Triangle #16.

Power Surge (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jackson Guice (signed)
Inks
Jackson Guice (signed)
Colors
Suzanne Bourdages
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints
Keywords
x-ray vision
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Losing It! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Jackson Guice
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Job Number
G-9898
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Commissioner Bill Henderson; Paul Westfield; Lex Luthor (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Dabney Donovan (villain); D.N.Aliens (villains); Lex Luthor clones (death)
Synopsis
Dabney Donovan sends his Lex Luthor clones after the real Lex Luthor. Lex decides to destory Lois Lane's career, and starts with changing her expose on LexCorp.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #511 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #33.

DC Universe 16 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

DC Universe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Duffy
Pencils
Ed Hannigan (layout); Jackson Guice (finishes)
Inks
Jackson Guice
Colors
Denis Rodier
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Carl Pietrantonio, Don Cromie, Jesse W. Jackson, Charlie Atwood, Jeffrey D. Sykes, Mark Lucas, Jacob Gilbert and Thomas V. Accardo - and responses from Chris Duffy.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Power Surge
    Superman
  2. 1. Losing It!
    Superman
  3. 2. DC Universe 16
    DC Universe
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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