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Action Comics #480 (1978) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#480

DC Comics#480

Action Comics

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Action Comics #480

Amazo's Big Breakthrough!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: February 1978
On sale: Nov 29, 1977
Cover price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · $0.35

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Grand Comics Database issue 31919

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Superman battles Amazo. But he is defeated as his powers fade. Superman discovers a wave of red sun radiation is sweeping the Earth. Meanwhile, Amazo traps the Justice League in another dimension. Amazo goes after his creator Professor Ivo, to get him to shut him down again. Superman, with fading powers, tries to protect Ivo.

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.12

Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist: Jerry Serpe
Letterer: Ben Oda
Covers: José Luis García-López, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Amazo
Aquaman
Atom
Batman
Black Canary
Elongated Man
Green Arrow
Green Lantern
Hawkgirl
Hawkman
Jimmy Olsen
Justice League of America
Lana Lang
Lois Lane
Professor Ivo
Red Tornado
Superman
Wonder Woman

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