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Issue: Action Comics #487
Publication Date: September 1978
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Issues: #487 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Cover
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/27/1978
Volume: 41
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041009
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Atom [Ray Palmer]
First Line: Something has turned the old Daily Planet globe into a guided missile--
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2944
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Super-Origin of Microwave Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Microwave Man; Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Farewell, my son!
Synopsis: After chasing a flying saucer, Superman encounters a strange older man. Turns out the old man used to be Microwave Man, and the alien rays rejuvenated him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1979 published January 1979
as Der Ursprung des Mikrowellenman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-2917
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Onward and Upward

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Changes. These days, they come fast and furious.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Kahn talks about price and number of pages changes in DC series.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Editor: The last time I picked up a Superman comic was 17 years ago.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-2951
Disclose Notes: Letters from Eileen M. Arnold, Rick Bidard, and Philip M. Botwinick.
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Miniature War of the Bat-Knights!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Bat-Knights; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring
First Line: At long last it's happened!
Synopsis: The Atom and Jean go exploring some caves. After a quick review of the Atom's origin, he and Jean are attacked by miniature men riding bats. Atom rescues Jean from their capture.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAtom #1 published January 1979
as Die Höhlenritter auf Machtkurs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-2908
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Q: What does Diana (Wonder Woman) Prince of Earth-1 do for a living?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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39 Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
First Line: It's fascinating to watch Jose Luis Garcia Lopez talk about his work.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed by Michael Catron.

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