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Action Comics #553 (1984) · The Collector

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Action Comics (1938)
#553

DC Comics#553

Action Comics

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Action Comics #553

The World at Time's End!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1984
On sale: Dec 6, 1983
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · $0.75
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Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$0.95

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Grand Comics Database issue 38388

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Immortal Man reveals his shared origin with Vandal Savage. Superman joins the Forgotten Heroes in stopping Vandal Savage's killer plants and the mysterious alien golden temples found around the world. But Superman does not appear to have survived the final battle!

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Printing not stated · $0.75

Credits

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Gil Kane
Colorist: Anthony Tollin
Letterer: Ben Oda
Cover: Gil Kane
Cover colors: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Consulting editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Managing editor: Tom Condon

Characters

Animal-Man
Cave Carson
Congorilla
Dane Dorrance
Dolphin
Forgotten Heroes [Rip Hunter
Immortal Man]
Rick Flagg
Superman
Vandal Savage

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