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Issue: Action Comics #516
Publication Date: February 1981
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Issues: #516 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
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: 36
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):  
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Vandal Savage; the Atom
First Line: Vandal Savage nevers runs out of diabolical schemes!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1981 published April 1981
as Angriff der Saurier! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3507
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Time and Time Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vandal Savage; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; Justice Society of America (cameo)
Synopsis: Superman travels to the World War II era to track down Vandal Savage. Lex Luthor reveals how things came to be that Vandal Savage rules the world. The story involves a seer in ancient Sumer telling Savage that he could be a great ruler on Earth One. So Savage planted special "time bombs" to alter the past, making him ruler. Jimmy goes to the past to help Superman, not knowing that Luthor plans to take over. Superman is able to stop the sequence of events that will lead to Vandal Savage's rule, and everything returns to normal.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1981 published April 1981
as Zeitbomben [Story on Interior Page(s)]two pages edited out
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3522
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Aquaman and the Space Capsule

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Clueless Capers of Chronos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Atom [Ray Palmer]; Chronos
Synopsis: The Atom battles Chronos, who has stolen Atom's size-changing belt and impersonated him. Atom escapes Chronos' dastardly trap involving a blender and pancake syrup.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Atom #[nn] published January 1982
as The Clueless Capers of Chronos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAtom #5 published January 1983
as Die spurlosen Kapriolen von Chronos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3154
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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3512

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