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Issue: Action Comics #490
Publication Date: December 1978
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Issues: #490 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Whitman
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Whitman TV ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 41
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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
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Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen
First Line: My eyes -- burning...can't control my actions...I'll wreck Metropolis!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3014
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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No Tomorrow for Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Brainiac; Hawkman
Synopsis: Ever since Brainiac made him view the destruction of Krypton, Superman has had excessive super-energy so he has to find a way to express harmlessly. But during the latest bout of super-energy, Brainiac directs Superman at the Justice League satellite.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2998
Disclose Notes: According to Julius Schwartz's editorial records (supplied by DC Comics), this story was originally 15 pages and was expanded to 17 before publication.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3019
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Volume 78 Issue 39A - Week of September 25, 1978

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.8
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Pages: 0.2

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