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Issue: Action Comics #563
Publication Date: January 1985
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Issues: #563 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/02/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Ambush Bug; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Jimmy Olsen [as The Blob]
First Line: You're on, Ambush Bug! The winner gets to put his name up in place of Superman's above the Action logo!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Action Comics #563 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Black Beauty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Ambush Bug (Origin); Superman; Ronald Morris (cameo); Jack Ryder (cameo); Bethany Snow (cameo); Dr. Derwood Denton (cameo); Ted Baxter (cameo); Brum-El; Larda; Mon-Grel
Synopsis: Ambush Bug tells Superman the origin of his costume, which Supes thinks is ridiculous until he realizes it is the same as his own origin.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #1/1992 published January 1992
as Gamle Svarten eller Häst e bäst som pålägg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Black Beauty [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-4472
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Mr. Mxyzptlk, Media Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Mr. Mxyzptlk
Synopsis: Mr. Mxyzptlk causes his usual chaos at the Galaxy Broadcasting building because he wants his own TV show. Worse, Mxyzptlk has cast a spell preventing anyone from saying their own name backwards! But Superman finds the loophole and sends Mxyzptlk away.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #71 published January 1985
as Mr. Mxyzptlk Medienstar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-4455
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4525
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Jimmy Olsen-- Blob!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen [the Blob]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen is turned into a weird blob by a bad batch of his Elastic Lad serum.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #71 published January 1985
as Jimmy Olsen Blob [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-4470

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