Action Comics
#721
[Direct Sales]
(May 1996)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1996-03-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 761941200019 72111
- Editing
- KC Carlson (editor); Mike McAvennie (assistant)
Issue Notes
1996 Triangle #18.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Strange Luck!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kieron Dwyer (signed)
- Inks
- Denis Rodier (signed)
- Colors
- Patrick Martin
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Dino Verlag, 1996 series) #30 (April 1998)
-
- Keywords
- bad luck; black cats; ladders; mirrors; salt shakers
![Cover Thumbnail for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #721 [Direct Sales]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/91/w200/91349.jpg?7623166496482974657)
The Fortune Plague
Superman / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie
- Pencils
- Kieron Dwyer
- Inks
- Denis Rodier
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Dana; Ron Troupe; Lucy Lane; Ted; Bibbo Bibbowski; Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Mary Jane Watson (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Mxyzptlk spreads luck to all the residents of Metropolis.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Dino Verlag, 1996 series) #30 (April 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #56.
[no title indexed]
Re: Action / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mike McAvennie
- Pencils
- Kieron Dwyer
- Inks
- Denis Rodier
- Colors
- Susan Bourdages; Android Images (separations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #717 [Direct Sales] (January 1996) [cover minus text]
-
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Lucas Kealey, Douglas McEwan, and Tim Durbin.
Jerry Siegel 1914-1996
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Tribute/obituary for the creator of Superman (on page 34 of this issue).
[Subscription]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Subscription ad CMOT with Superman (on page 29 of this issue).
[House Advertisements]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages
Indexer Notes
House ads for: Starman, Artemis Requiem, Catwoman: The Catfile/Superman & Batman: Alternate Histories, The Power of Shazam, and Batman: Black and White. Appear in various places in the issue.
Watch This Space: Legends of the Death Earth
Watch This Space / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Next week: Catwoman #33, Extreme Justice #16, Flash #113, Legion of Super-Heroes #80, Looney Tunes #23, Robin #29, Spectre #41, Superboy #27, Superman: The Man of Steel #56, Wonder Woman #109, and Superman & Batman: Alternate Histories (appears on page 30 in this issue).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Strange Luck!
Superman -
1.
The Fortune Plague
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Re: Action -
3.
Jerry Siegel 1914-1996
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4.
[Subscription]
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5.
[House Advertisements]
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6.
Watch This Space: Legends of the Death Earth
Watch This Space -
7.
[Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Thomas Kina
- Mike Nielsen
- Martin Olsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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