Action Comics
#526
[Newsstand]
(December 1981)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 44
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 40
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-09-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893041012
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has an extra centerfold on glossy paper. This contains the Hostess ad, the CBS Saturday morning cartoon line-up and an ad for Monogram models.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #194.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #526 [Direct].
On-sale date from Comic Reader #194.
This issue is a variant of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #526 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-3755
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Superman -- face to face with Neutron the Living Bomb!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Neutron; Air Wave (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1982 (3 Februar 1982) -
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1982 (uke 24 1982) -
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #62-63 (oct-nov 1982) -
in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #85 -
in Supermagasinet (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1982
-
- Keywords
- clocks; Daily Planet Building; Metropolis
Indexer Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!
Superman / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Joe Staton
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- S-3768
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Neutron (villain); Lex Luthor (cameo flashback); Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan; H.I.V.E. (villains)
- Synopsis
- Superman once again faces Neutron. But while searching for a bomb Neutron planted, Superman is attacked by the H.I.V.E. Superman stops the H.I.V.E., as well as Neutron's plan to destroy Metropolis.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) #[1] ([1982]) - in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1982 (3 Februar 1982)
- in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1982 (uke 24 1982)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #62-63 (oct-nov 1982)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Air Wave Tunes In!
Air Wave / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Alex Saviuk
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters
- Shelly Leferman
- Job Number
- S-3748
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Jack Jordan; Jan Jordan; Jennifer Jordan; Jason Jordan
- Synopsis
- Air Wave temporarily gains a mind-reading power and uses it to save his cousin Jack.
- Reprints
- in Hercule (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #1 (octobre 1983) [Moins [Minus] 1 page]
- in Justice League of America (Federal, 1983 series) #3 ([January 1984])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited)
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-3760
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Bill Curley, David Coakley, Alan Gary Giroux, Tim Wahowske, Matt Kilkelly
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Superman -- face to face with Neutron the Living Bomb!"]
Superman -
1.
The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!
Superman -
2.
Penguins on Parade
The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
Air Wave Tunes In!
Air Wave -
4.
[no title indexed]
Superman in Action
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