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Action Comics #501 (1979) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#501

DC Comics#501

Action Comics

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Action Comics #501

The Mystery of the Mild-Mannered Superman

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: November 1979
On sale: Aug 21, 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 33813

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The Superman Revenge Squad blasts Superman with a ray that causes him to be meek and timid like Clark. By latching on to what gives Clark courage in front of the TV cameras in his job as a news anchor, Superman is able to find the nerve to defeat them.

British

Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.15

Whitman

Printing not stated · $0.40

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Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Joe Giella
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: Milt Snapinn
Covers: Ross Andru, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Associate editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Milt Snapinn
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Clark Kent
Superman

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