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Issue: Action Comics #480
Publication Date: February 1978
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Issues: #480 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/29/1977
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041002
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #150.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.6 NM+
This unrestored, upper Near Mint CGC 9.6 from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree Collection is the second highest graded example ever certified by CGC and is 1 of only 6 in grade with just 4 graded higher. Additionally, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best example attainable in grade.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: Is the man who has so often saved Metropolis about to destroy it?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1978 published July 1978
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2790
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Sable Lady

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady
First Line: Gotham City slumbers peacefully under the stars.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Amazo's Big Breakthrough!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Amazo; Justice League of America [Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol]]; Lana Lang; Professor Ivo; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
First Line: Orbiting endlessly 22,300 miles above Earth is the ever-vigilant Justice League Satellite -- a vigil manned by a regular rotating roster of the World's Greatest Heroes...
Synopsis: Superman battles Amazo. But he is defeated as his powers fade. Superman discovers a wave of red sun radiation is sweeping the Earth. Meanwhile, Amazo traps the Justice League in another dimension. Amazo goes after his creator Professor Ivo, to get him to shut him down again. Superman, with fading powers, tries to protect Ivo.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #15/1978 published July 1978
as Amazos Super-Comeback [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #6/1981 published January 1981
as Den røde tåken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2779
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Editor: What can I say about a story that is perfect?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-2798
Disclose Notes: Letters from Barbara Reader, Mike Christiansen, and Tommy Krasker.
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What's New at DC? (A Continuing Series)

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Ronnie Raymond is your basic teenager, interested in sports (but not too good at them), bright, shy around females, desperate to make and keep friends.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Kahn talks about Firestorm.

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