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Action Comics #491 (1979) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#491

DC Comics#491

Action Comics

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Action Comics #491

A Matter of Light and Death!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1979
On sale: Oct 24, 1978
Cover price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Grand Comics Database issue 32989

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Diverted by Hawkman, Superman lands in northern Oregon where he hatches a plan. He engages Brainiac's ship, then drags it to the location of a supernova, where he powers up enough to penetrate Brainiac's force shield, enter his spacecraft, and knock him out.

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.12

Whitman

Printing not stated · $0.40

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Credits

Writers: Cary Bates, Fred Hembeck
Pencillers: Curt Swan, Fred Hembeck
Inkers: Frank Chiaramonte, Fred Hembeck
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: Karin Kish
Covers: Ross Andru, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Gaspar Saladino
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

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Clark Kent
Superman

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