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Issue: Action Comics #537
Publication Date: November 1982
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Issues: #537 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: 08/03/1982
Volume: 45
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Syrene; Jackhammer [Jackson Hammersmith]
First Line: Trapped in the past... defeated in the present... does Superman have a future?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3985
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...Half a Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jackhammer [Jackson Hammersmith] (villain); Syrene (villain); Lord Satanis [Collin Thorton]
Synopsis: A low-powered Superman goes to the Fortress of Solitude to try to travel to the past and battle Lord Satanis and get his powers back, but Satanis blocks him. Meanwhile, Superman's duplicate with the other half of his powers is still held by Syrene in the past. Back in the present, Superman must battle the villain Jackhammer, without his invulnerability. Superman gets hit hard and goes down.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1982 published November 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: S-3978
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics #537 (December 1982).
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Where Science Ends -- Magic Begins...

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): He-Man [Prince Adam]; Teela; Man-At-Arms [Duncan]; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Zodac Zur; Skeletor [Keldor]; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover" of Masters of the Universe preview. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Fate Is the Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): He-Man [Prince Adam]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Teela; Man-At-Arms [Duncan]; Battle Cat [Cringer]; Sorceress [Teela 'na]; Zodac Zur; Skeletor [Keldor]; Beast Man [Raqquill Rqazz]
Synopsis: Superman travels to Eternia and helps He-Man battle Skeletor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Masters of the Universe preview story.
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A Bad Case of Worms

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Worms Novelty Toy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Back cover" of Masters of the Universe preview.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-3990
Disclose Notes: Letters from Rand Lee, Mike Sopp, Keven T. Brown, Daniel Tobias, Gary Thompson, Rene H. Manuel III, Frank Krulicki, and Charles David Haskell.
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Something Fishy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Mera; Doctor Carmel
Synopsis: Aquaman and a woman who looks just like Mera investigate who she is and why she has Mera's appearance and powers. But those powers get out of control and their lives are endangered.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-3969

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