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Issue: Action Comics #515
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #515 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 44
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The entire issue without cover is reprinted in Elson's Presents Super Heroes Comics (DC, 1981 series) #6.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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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): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Vandal Savage; The Atom [Ray Palmer] (inset)
First Line: Smash the rebels, Superman --
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1981 published April 1981
as Superman als Sklave von Kaiser Wandale! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3496
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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This Is My World, and You're Welcome to It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor (villain); Vandal Savage (villain, brief origin); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback)
Synopsis: We open to a world ruled by Vandal Savage, where Superman is his enforcer and Jimmy Olsen is a rebel. Jimmy is captured, but luckily Lois Lane is secretly on the side of the rebels too! Lois is able to show Superman the evil of Vandal Savage, but she is killed in the process, and Vandal Savage disappears into the past.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagElson's Presents Super Heroes Comics #6 published January 1981
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1981 published April 1981
as Blinder Gehorsam! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3489
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The Flash Meets the Bureauc-Rat

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Flash; Bureauc-Rat
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagElson's Presents Super Heroes Comics #6 published January 1981
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sorry-- Wrong Powers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Professor Hyatt; Mallo, Keeper of the Cosmic Balance; The Flash [Jay Garrick] (flashback); The Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (flashback); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (flashback); Superman [Kal-L] (flashback); Superman [Kal-El] (flashback); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (flashback); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (flashback); The Atom [Al Pratt] (flashback); kidnappers (villains)
Synopsis: The Atom is on the trail of kidnappers. But a cosmic being switches the powers of the Earth One and Earth Two Atoms, causing Ray Palmer to be stuck at 5 foot tall with super-strength. The Atom is able to use his counterpart's powers to save Professor Hyatt, just in time for the powers to switch back again.
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In Issue: FlagElson's Presents Super Heroes Comics #6 published January 1981
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom #[nn] published January 1982
as Sorry--Wrong Powers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAtom #4 published January 1982
as Wo sind meine Kräfte hin? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3488
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagElson's Presents Super Heroes Comics #6 published January 1981
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3502

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