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Action Comics #499 (1979) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#499

DC Comics#499

Action Comics

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Action Comics #499

As the World Turns... For the Last Time!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: September 1979
On sale: Jun 19, 1979
Cover price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Grand Comics Database issue 33649

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Vartox tries to tell Superman that Earth is in danger, but gets distracted by Lana Lang. Superman soon discovers that the whole world believes the Earth will be destroyed. Superman and Vartox figure out that the remains of his world can save the Earth. Vartox decides to leave Earth and go find a world that needs a hero.

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.15

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Printing not stated · $0.40

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Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Vince Colletta
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: Todd Klein
Covers: Ross Andru, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Todd Klein
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Clark Kent
Superman

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