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Issue: Action Comics #531

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Publication Date: May 1982

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Issues: #531 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/25/1982

Volume: 45

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893041005

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #199.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

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2 Action Comics #531 [Direct]

Action Comics #531 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Devil and the Daily Planet

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; The Atom (inset)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: S-3865

The Devil... ...and the Daily Planet!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Mort Waxman; Frankenstein's Monster (villain); Jeremiah Odets

Synopsis: The Daily Planet building appears to he haunted by ghosts and Frankenstein's monster.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Job Number: S-3852

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.75

Job Number: S-3870

Notes: letters submitted by Domenic Romano, Mark Lagasse, Bill Wandreski

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Notes: Statement of October 1, 1981, certified by Paul Levitz, Manager of Business Affairs.
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019
Average number of copies sold in prior 12 months (total paid circulation): 111,729
Actual number of copies sold of single issue closest to filing date (total paid circulation: 102,964

No Time Off for Heroes!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring Palmer; burglars (villains)

Synopsis: While on vacation with his wife in Curacao, Ray prevents a nuclear device from being stolen.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: S-3847

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in the following issue.