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Issue: Action Comics #550
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #550 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Canadian
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/29/1983
Volume: 46
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041012
Price: $0.95 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Day the Earth Exploded!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4139
Disclose Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, supplied by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Day the Earth Exploded

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; The Exploder (villain)
Synopsis: Superman deals with aliens who are trying to put the continents back into the original Pangea configuration.
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Pages: 25
Job Number: S-4124
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, supplied by DC Comics.

This story is one of several stories first published in Germany, some of which were never reprinted in the United States.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4248
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, supplied by DC Comics.

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