Action Comics #490 [Whitman]
(December 1978)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
41
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
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) #490. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3014
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My eyes -- burning...can't control my actions...I'll wreck Metropolis!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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No Tomorrow for Superman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-2998
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Brainiac; Hawkman
Synopsis
Ever since Brainiac made him view the destruction of Krypton, Superman has had excessive super-energy so he has to find a way to express harmlessly. But during the latest bout of super-energy, Brainiac directs Superman at the Justice League satellite.
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Indexer Notes

According to Julius Schwartz's editorial records (supplied by DC Comics), this story was originally 15 pages and was expanded to 17 before publication.

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

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3019

Volume 78 Issue 39A - Week of September 25, 1978 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

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

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck
Genre
humor; superhero
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["My eyes -- burning...can't control my actions...I'll wreck Metropolis!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. No Tomorrow for Superman!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  4. 3. Volume 78 Issue 39A - Week of September 25, 1978
    Daily Planet
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
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