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Issue: Action Comics #501
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #501 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 3041011
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia is confirmed identical to base's indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
First Line: Clark cleaned up on those aliens! I knew he had it in him to be a real Superman!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3207
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Mystery of the Mild-Mannered Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Lois Lane; Superman Revenge Squad
Synopsis: The Superman Revenge Squad blasts Superman with a ray that causes him to be meek and timid like Clark. By latching on to what gives Clark courage in front of the TV cameras in his job as a news anchor, Superman is able to find the nerve to defeat them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3199
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Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3213
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.6
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Number 51 Joe Staton

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by Michael Catron.

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