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Issue: Action Comics #522
Publication Date: August 1981
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Issues: #522 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: 04/28/1981
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):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Clockwork Man
First Line: Turn off your time tornado -- for the sake of humanity!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Sonderausgabe #7 published January 1982
as Superman gegen Mechano [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3630
Disclose Notes: Todd Klein lettering credit from http://kleinletters.com/1981Covers.html. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Time-Tornado of the Clockwork Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman must stop a robot that is trying to alter the speed of time.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Sonderausgabe #7 published January 1982
as Der Zeittornado des Uhrwerkmannes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3658
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Pirates' Gold

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 Hurricane Harness Hijack!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom (Ray Palmer]; The Calculator [Noah Kuttler]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo)
Synopsis: Atom must battle the Calculator, who is after Professor Hyatt's invention, the Hurricane Harness. But the Atom gets thrown into the Time Pool!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAtom #4 published January 1982
as Der Kalkulator kalkuliert: Ende für Atom [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAtom #4 published January 1982
as Das Hurrikan-Geschirr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom #[nn] published January 1982
as The Hurricane Harness Hijack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3683
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

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-3635

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