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Issue: Action Comics #499
Publication Date: September 1979
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Issues: #499 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: 06/19/1979
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041009
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #169.
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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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As the World Turns -- for the Last Time!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3170
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As the World Turns... For the Last Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Vartox; Lana Lang; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Jor-El (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: Vartox tries to tell Superman that Earth is in danger, but gets distracted by Lana Lang. Superman soon discovers that the whole world believes the Earth will be destroyed. Superman and Vartox figure out that the remains of his world can save the Earth. Vartox decides to leave Earth and go find a world that needs a hero.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #22 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #13/1980 published January 1980
as Jordas undergang er nær [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3132
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DC Dollar Comics -- Buck for Buck the Best Buy for Your Money!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Dollar Comics, spotlighting the first issue of All-Out War (DC, 1979 series), on sale July 19.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: This man is Jor-El of Krypton
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #255, on sale June 21.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Ah, there you are, Zan and Jayna!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Super Friends (DC, 1976 series).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3175
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by John Phillips Mitchell, Bob Rowe, Tony Edwards, and Eric Petty.
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The Answer Man's Guide to the Superman Movie Contest

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Letterer(s): typeset
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100 Pc. Toy Soldiers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1

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