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Issue: Action Comics #494

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Publication Date: April 1979

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Issues: #494 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/23/1979

Volume: 42

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893041004

Price: $0.40 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.

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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:

Variants2

Action Comics #494 [unnamed variant]

Action Comics #494 [British]

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- The Secret of the Super-S! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

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Statement of Ownership

Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane

First Line: Superman-- Help! Save me from that killer!

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #20/1979 published September 1979
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as The Cast of Characters [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: S-3092

The Secret of the Super-S!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Chief Parker; Lois Lane; The Dwalu from Krypton; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis: Clark and Lois travel to Smallville to investigate a message about an alternate Superman "S" he might have used. While there, the encounter Chief Parker being attacked by a ghostly Revolutionary War soldier. While Superman deals with vandals, Lois is attacked by a ghostly World War II general. Later, Superman is attacked by a Kryptonian warrior.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #20/1979 published September 1979
as Das andere Super-S [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Job Number: S-3070

The Golden Treasure

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.75

Job Number: #S-3097

[untitled]

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.25

Volume 79 Issue 4 - Week of January 22, 1979

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Character(s): Clark Kent

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.2