Action Comics #700 [Direct Sales]
(June 1994)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
2.95 USD; 4.00 CAD; 2.00 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1994-05-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 70011
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Frank Pittarese (associate); Chris Duffy (assistant)

The Fall of Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Butch Guice (signed)
Inks
Butch Guice (signed)
Colors
Susan Bourdages

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
Reprints

Swan Song (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 54 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Butch Guice (pages 1-16, 20-28, 30-36, 38-40, 42-54); Curt Swan (pages 17-19, 29, 37, 41)
Inks
Denis Rodier (pages 1-16, 20-28, 30-36, 38-40, 42-54); Murphy Anderson (pages 17-19, 29, 37, 41)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superboy (clone); Supergirl [Matrix]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Franklin Stern; Commissioner Bill Henderson; Professor Emil Hamilton; Cat Grant; Lana Lang; Pete Ross; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Peg; Jimmy Olsen; Ron Troupe; Inspector Maggie Sawyer; Team Luthor; Collin Thornton [Lord Satanus] (villain); Bizarro (villain; flashback; cameo); Lex Luthor (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Gretchen Kelley (villain)
Synopsis
Downtown Metropolis is destroyed by Lex Luthor and Sydney Happersen. Lana Lang and Pete Ross get married. Lois Lane's mole is revealed as Gretchen Kelley.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #510.

Comics Buyer's Guide 1993 Fan Awards (Table of Contents: 2)

Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Ballot.

DC Universe 17: From the DC High 1994 Yearbook (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Chris Duffy
Pencils
Ed Hannigan (layout); Butch Guice (finishes)
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
Susan Bourdages
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Jeff Schwab, Geoffrey Lund, Tom Burns, Randall Gee, Kenneth Weaver, Joe Frank, Joe Kucharski III, Andy Boswell and Christopher Good - and responses from Chris Duffy.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fall of Metropolis!
    Superman
  2. 1. Swan Song
    Superman
  3. 2. Comics Buyer's Guide 1993 Fan Awards
    Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards
  4. 3. DC Universe 17: From the DC High 1994 Yearbook
    DC Universe
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore