Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #585 [Direct]

Price: 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1986-11-04

Editing: Andy Helfer (credited as Helfer) (editor)

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"... And Graves Give Up Their Dead..."

(Table of Contents)

Superman; The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	John Byrne (signed)
Inks:	John Byrne (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:

Keywords:cemeteries; graveyards; tombstones

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Reprints (4)

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: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #33.

Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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M&M's / advertisement / 1 page

And Graves Give Up Their Dead ...

(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman; The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 22 pages

Script:	John Byrne (credited as Byrne)
Pencils:	John Byrne (credited as Byrne)
Inks:	Dick Giordano (credited as Giordano)
Colors:	Tom Ziuko ?
Letters:	John Costanza (credited as Costanza)

Genre:superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Job Number:G-2862

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Does the soil remember?

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Arathaza [Barb Kowaleski] (first appearance)

Synopsis:: The Phantom Strangers enlists Superman to help defeat a creature created by the Serabite Stone.; in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #8/1987 (1987)
in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #12 (Abril 6 de 1987)
in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #7/1987 ([august] 1987)
in Der Neue Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1987 series) #5/1988 (11.05.1988)
in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([October] 2020)

Get Scramblin' Kids! I Need Your Help!

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Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page

First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again!

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Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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Lazer Tag / advertisement / 1 page

Legends Crossovers

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Legends / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Write Right Now!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page

Thanks!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Now... Complete in One Volume!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Superman's Other Creators

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

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Action Reaction / letters page / 2 pages

Script:	Andy Helfer (credited)
Pencils:	José Luis García-López
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Job Number:L-2601

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look: Dick Giordano just came into my office -- he looks angry, but he's smiling.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Raymond Chuang, Mic McConnell, Brian Dreger, Steve O'Brien, Chris Blackmer and Keith R. Jones; responses from Andy Helfer.

Loco Motion.

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AMT Models / advertisement / 1 page

Torado Warning!

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Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC

Table of Contents

"... And Graves Give Up Their Dead..."
Superman; The Phantom Stranger
Packs of Fun for Everyone!
M&M's
And Graves Give Up Their Dead ...
Superman; The Phantom Stranger
Get Scramblin' Kids! I Need Your Help!
Cap'n Crunch
First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again!
Wonder Woman
["Since the game of Lazer tag began way back in the year 1986, no one has ever equaled his record."]
Lazer Tag
Legends Crossovers
Legends
Write Right Now!
Thanks!
Now... Complete in One Volume!
Batman
Superman's Other Creators
Meanwhile...
["Look: Dick Giordano just came into my office -- he looks angry, but he's smiling."]
Action Reaction
Loco Motion.
AMT Models
Torado Warning!
Monogram Models

"... And Graves Give Up Their Dead..." (Table of Contents)

Superman; The Phantom Stranger / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Packs of Fun for Everyone! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

M&M's / advertisement / 1 page

And Graves Give Up Their Dead ... (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman; The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 22 pages

Get Scramblin' Kids! I Need Your Help! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page

First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Lazer Tag / advertisement / 1 page

Legends Crossovers (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Legends / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Write Right Now! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page

Thanks! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Now... Complete in One Volume! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Superman's Other Creators (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Action Reaction / letters page / 2 pages

Indexer Notes

Loco Motion. (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

AMT Models / advertisement / 1 page

Torado Warning! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page

"... And Graves Give Up Their Dead..."

(Table of Contents)

Packs of Fun for Everyone!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

And Graves Give Up Their Dead ...

(Table of Contents: 2)

Get Scramblin' Kids! I Need Your Help!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Legends Crossovers

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Write Right Now!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 7)

Thanks!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Now... Complete in One Volume!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman's Other Creators

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Loco Motion.

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Torado Warning!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)