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Action Comics #513 (1980) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#513

DC Comics#513

Action Comics

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Action Comics #513

The Return of Superman Island / The Red Dart's Deadly Arts!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: November 1980
Cover price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Grand Comics Database issue 34810

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Superman deals with the return of Superman Island and the secret inside, as well as the H.I.V.E., a new organization that wants the secret inside that island.

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Printing not stated · $0.50

Credits

Writers: Marv Wolfman, Bob Rozakis
Pencillers: Curt Swan, Romeo Tanghal
Inkers: Frank Chiaramonte, Kim DeMulder
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterers: John Costanza, Milt Snapinn
Covers: Ross Andru, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Tatjana Wood
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Consulting editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Gaspar Saladino
Managing editor: Joe Orlando

Characters

Air Wave
Atom
Bill Logan
Guy Blisher
H.I.V.E.
Jimmy Olsen
Lana Lang
Lois Lane
Norton Larch
Red Dart
Superman
the Krell
Warden Miles

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