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Issue: Action Comics #502
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #502 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: 09/25/1979
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041012
Price: $0.40 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 #172.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.6 NM+
This 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 3 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.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Supergirl; Galactic Golem
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1980 published January 1980
as SOS aus dem All! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3227
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Fall and Rise of the Star-Child!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Linda Lee Danvers]; Galactic Golem; Parasite
Synopsis: Superman and Supergirl must raise an alien baby quickly to adulthood, including teaching him about emotions. Superman masquerades as the Galactic Golem and the Parasite along the way.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1980 published January 1980
as Der Tag des Sternkinds [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as Fall and Rise of the Star-Child! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3221
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The Stony-Eyed Medusa

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3232
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Volume 79 Issue 39 - Week of September 24, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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