Action Comics
#489
[Whitman]
(November 1978)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 41
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Whitman W [with Face]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #489.
Krypton Dies Again!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Job Number
- S-2982
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Atom (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #1 (1979) - in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #8/1979 (4. April 1979)
-
in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #3 (juillet 1979)
-
- Keywords
- spacecraft
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Todd Klein credit for lettering from his website (kleinletters.com).
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Krypton Dies Again!
Superman / comic story / 15 pages
- Job Number
- S-2991
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Steve Lombard; Oscar Asherman; Justice League of America [Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; Hawkman]; Supergirl; Drygur Moliom; Brainiac
- Synopsis
- As the light from Krypton's explosion finally reaches Earth, Superman works overtime to protect his adopted planet. But it's not to distract himself, as his friends suppose. Superman is looking for Brainiac who has once again threatened Earth. As Superman tries to force the villain away from Earth, Brainiac traps Superman and makes him watch the full force of the destruction of Krypton.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #8/1979 (4. April 1979)
- in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #3 (juillet 1979)
-
in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 ? series) #42 (1980) -
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #9/1981 (uke 41 1981) -
in Superman vs. Brainiac (DC, 2008 series) (2008 [January 2009])
-
- Keywords
- Kandor
Batman and the Corsair of Crime
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Corsair of Crime is holding Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara as hostages?
- Genre
- superhero
Where There's a Will... There's a Fray!
The Atom / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- S-2993
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Atom (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #23 (juillet 1979) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Atom (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 (3ème trimestre 1981)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Krypton Dies Again!
Superman -
1.
Krypton Dies Again!
Superman -
2.
Batman and the Corsair of Crime
Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
Where There's a Will... There's a Fray!
The Atom -
4.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
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- Jochen G.
- Mike Nielsen
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