Volume: 46
Price: 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1983-04-05
Editing: Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
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Superman / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks:
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-4132
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The old Brainiac had the merest touch of humanity!
Characters:
Superman; Brainiac
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

...With But a Single Step!
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Superman / comic story / 23 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-4156
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Brainiac (villain); Rip Hunter; Cave Carson; Dane Dorrance; Rick Flag; Dolphin (all as the Forgotten Heroes, all cameo)
Synopsis:
Superman battles Brainiac, who has taken on a new body. Brainiac escapes and forms an alien army. Back on Earth, the Forgotten Heroes begin to gather.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March.

Story continues in Action Comics #546 (August 1983).

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Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page

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Action Reaction / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:S-4137

Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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    Meanwhile...
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    Action Reaction
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