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Issue: Action Comics #485
Publication Date: July 1978
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Issues: #485 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Whitman
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Whitman TV ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: none entered
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (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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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2894
Disclose Notes: Colors credits provided by Anthony Tollin. Cover is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #233.
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The Experiment That Backfired on Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: After being blasted by an experimental ray, Superman reflects on when he was previously blasted by a similar ray, which also transformed all of the Kryptonite on Earth to iron. After Superman protects a space launch, Clark Kent is assigned to be a TV reporter full-time. In the present, Superman recovers and stops the bad guys who blasted him.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2928
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip format.
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2901
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Thomas Krasker, Mike White and Dave Blanchard.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2901A
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Kent A. Phenis, Al Shroeder and Robert A. Buethe.

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