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Issue: Action Comics #493
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #493 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: British
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041003
Price: £0.12 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
First Line: So long, Superman-- I'm turning you off-- for good!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3077
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Metropolis-UFO Connection!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lyle Corliss (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Superman battles an alien that tries to trap him in a TV-like device, but Superman is wearing Jimmy Olsen's signal-watch and that enables him to escape and prevent the alien invasion. Meanwhile, Clark Kent goes back to work for the Daily Planet temporarily.
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Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3061
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The Intergalactic Gold Eaters

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3083
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Volume 78 Issue 51 - Week of December 25, 1978

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-251
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