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Issue: Action Comics #498
Publication Date: August 1979
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Issues: #498 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/22/1979
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041008
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #168.
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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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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 5 in grade with just 3 graded higher. Additionally, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best example attainable in grade.
Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang
First Line: There he is, Clark -- You can always count on Superman when disaster strikes in Metropolis!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #22 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3160
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Catastrophic Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vartox; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Vartox sees his world destroyed. He comes to Earth and he and Superman deal with an alien drone ship. Vartox sets up shop on Earth and Superman helps him get a secret ID. In that identity, he falls for Lana Lang. Vartox even fills in for Superman. But then Vartox realizes that he has doomed Earth as well.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #22 published January 1980
as Chaosman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1980 published January 1980
as Katastrofemannen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3120
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3164
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Volume 79 Issue 22 - Week of May 21, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-322
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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