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Issue: Action Comics #488
Publication Date: October 1978
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Issues: #488 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Cover
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1978
Volume: 41
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041010
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Microwave Man [Lewis Padgett]
First Line: Punch-proof! Bullet-proof! Capture-proof!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1979 published January 1979
as Gefahr aus dem All : Mikrowellenmann ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2961
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Superman Battles Microwave Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Microwave Man [Lewis Padgett]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Josh Coyle; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Henry
First Line: Metropolis Park, the dead of night-- where a fearsome display of indescribable violence has shattered a majestic statue of steel!
Synopsis: Superman battles Microwave Man, a former super-villain from the past rejuvenated by aliens.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1979 published January 1979
as Superman kontra Mikrowellenman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1980 published January 1980
as Supermann kjemper mot Mikrobølge-mannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-2917
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Batman and the Corsair of Crime

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]; Corsair of Crime; Commissioner Gordon [James Gordon]; Chief O'Hara
First Line: The Corsair of Crime is holding Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara as hostages?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear ENB: Well, well, well! After the last several issues of Action, #483 was a breath of fresh air!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-2967
Disclose Notes: Letters from Tony Berg, Andrew C. Taylor, and Beppe Sabatini.
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A Close Shave for Air Wave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback); Air Wave [Larry Jordan] (flashback); Helen Jordan (flashback); Jack Jordan (flashback); Janice Jordan (introduction); Jason Jordan (introduction); Jennifer Jordan (introduction); Karen Peterson (introduction); Casey Jones (introduction); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (flashback); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (flashback)
First Line: District attorney Larry Jordan battled crime not only in the courtrooms, but also in the streets, as the costumed hero...
Synopsis: Young Hal Jordan arrives in Dallas to visit his cousin Jack. At the airport, he (as Air Wave) stops a hijacker. At a train museum, Air Wave battles the Railroad Robber. But Hal's new friend Karen has suspicions about Hal and Air Wave.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1979 published January 1979
as Erfolg mit kleinen Fehlern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-2952
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
First Line: Though you're used to reading biographies of our staffers in the regular DC Profiles column, we thought this particular bio deserved a bit more space.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: SP-12
Disclose Notes: A extensive biography of Jenette Kahn.

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