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Issue: Action Comics #516

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Publication Date: February 1981

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Issues: #516 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 44

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.15 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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

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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

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Action Comics #516 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics #516 [British]

Action Comics #516 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (5 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Vandal Savage; the Atom

First Line: Vandal Savage nevers runs out of diabolical schemes!

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Pages: 1

Job Number: S-3507

Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Time and Time Again!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Vandal Savage; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; Justice Society of America (cameo)

Synopsis: Superman travels to the World War II era to track down Vandal Savage. Lex Luthor reveals how things came to be that Vandal Savage rules the world. The story involves a seer in ancient Sumer telling Savage that he could be a great ruler on Earth One. So Savage planted special "time bombs" to alter the past, making him ruler. Jimmy goes to the past to help Superman, not knowing that Luthor plans to take over. Superman is able to stop the sequence of events that will lead to Vandal Savage's rule, and everything returns to normal.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Job Number: S-3522

Aquaman and the Space Capsule

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

The Clueless Capers of Chronos!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos

Synopsis: The Atom battles Chronos, who has stolen Atom's size-changing belt and impersonated him. Atom escapes Chronos' dastardly trap involving a blender and pancake syrup.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: S-3154

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

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Job Number: S-3512