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Action Comics #494 (1979) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#494

DC Comics#494

Action Comics

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Action Comics #494

The Secret of the Super-S!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: April 1979
On sale: Jan 23, 1979
Cover price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · $0.40

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Grand Comics Database issue 33253

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Clark and Lois travel to Smallville to investigate a message about an alternate Superman "S" he might have used. While there, the encounter Chief Parker being attacked by a ghostly Revolutionary War soldier. While Superman deals with vandals, Lois is attacked by a ghostly World War II general. Later, Superman is attacked by a Kryptonian warrior.

British

Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.12

Credits

Writers: Cary Bates, Fred Hembeck
Pencillers: Curt Swan, Fred Hembeck
Inkers: Frank Chiaramonte, Fred Hembeck
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: Ben Oda
Cover: José Luis García-López
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Chief Parker
Clark Kent
Lois Lane
Superman
The Dwalu from Krypton

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