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Action Comics #539 (1983) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#539

DC Comics#539

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Action Comics #539

Past Imperfect! / Help! I'm a Prisoner in My Own Body!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1983
On sale: Oct 5, 1982
Cover price: $0.60
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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The Atom uses the Time Pool to try to help Superman get to the past to stop Lord Satanis and Syrene. Flash does the same with the Cosmic Treadmill, but both efforts fail. Back in the past, the other Superman is still a pawn in the war between Satanis and Syrene. Clark Kent shows up at the Daily Planet, and promptly keels over. Clark Kent is dead! Meanwhile, Satanis manages to take over the body of the Superman in the past. And Clark Kent's autopsy begins.

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Credits

Writers: Marv Wolfman, Bob Rozakis
Pencillers: Gil Kane, Alex Saviuk
Inkers: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins
Colorists: Gene D'Angelo, Tatjana Wood
Letterers: Ben Oda, Phil Felix
Covers: Keith Giffen, Dick Giordano
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Consulting editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Managing editor: Dick Giordano

Characters

Aquaman
Arthur Curry
Barry Allen
Clark Kent
Jimmy Olsen
Lana Lang
Lois Lane
Lord Satanis
Mera
Perry White
Ray Palmer
Superman
Syrene
The Atom
The Flash
V'lana

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