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Issue: Action Comics #531
Publication Date: May 1982
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Issues: #531 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: 02/02/1982
Volume: 45
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Devil and the Daily Planet

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; The Atom (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #43 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3865
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The Devil... ...and the Daily Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Mort Waxman; Frankenstein's Monster (villain); Jeremiah Odets
Synopsis: The Daily Planet building appears to he haunted by ghosts and Frankenstein's monster.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #43 published January 1982
as Der Geist … vom Daily Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3852
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: S-3870
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Domenic Romano, Mark Lagasse, Bill Wandreski
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1981, certified by Paul Levitz, Manager of Business Affairs.
Owner: DC Comics, Inc., wholly owned by Warner Communications, Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019
Average number of copies sold in prior 12 months (total paid circulation): 111,729
Actual number of copies sold of single issue closest to filing date (total paid circulation: 102,964
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No Time Off for Heroes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Jean Loring Palmer; burglars (villains)
Synopsis: While on vacation with his wife in Curacao, Ray prevents a nuclear device from being stolen.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAtom #5 published January 1983
as Keinen Urlaub für Helden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #2 published August 1983
as No Time Off for Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3847
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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