Action Comics #518 [Newsstand]
(April 1981)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
44
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-01-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041004
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #187.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #518 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
Job Number
S-3572
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great Krypton! Why would those aliens want to steal a huge dam?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Aquaman (inset)
Reprints
Keywords
dams; flooding

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

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Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
S-3555
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mike Murphy; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Karmault; Farlung; Professor Hodgkins
Synopsis
Superman must discover why alien beings are stealing dams and factories on Earth.
Reprints

Old Gold (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (Table of Contents: 3)

Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Len Wein
Job Number
J-7016
Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman; Mera; Inspector Irwin; Ocean Master; Poseidon; Cal
Synopsis
Poseidon attacks Aquaman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in Action #518-520 expanded from plot originally intended for Adventure #480.

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3577

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Tony Edwards, Michael Burkhalter, T. M. Maple, Mike Christiansen and Neil Ahlquist.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Great Krypton! Why would those aliens want to steal a huge dam?"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet!
    Superman
  3. 2. Old Gold
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
    Aquaman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
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