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Action Comics #505 (1980) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#505

DC Comics#505

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Action Comics #505

The Creature That Charmed Children!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1980
On sale: Dec 18, 1979
Cover price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Jorlan

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Printing not stated · Newsstand · $0.40

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Grand Comics Database issue 34177

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Superman encounters Jorlan, a hairy beast who seems to charm - and protect - children. Not only that, but Jorlan is as strong and powerful as Superman! As Superman tries to figure out the mystery, he receives a message from Orn-Zu from the Phantom Zone. Orn-Zu created Jorlan, and he says Jorlan is a threat to every child on Earth.

British

Printing not stated · Newsstand · GB market · £0.15

Whitman

Printing not stated · $0.40

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Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte
Colorist: Adrienne Roy
Letterer: Ben Oda
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

Characters

Jorlan· 1st appearance
Lana Lang
Orn-Zu
Superman

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