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Issue: Action Comics #499

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Publication Date: September 1979

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Issues: #499 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Whitman

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: Whitman TV Comic

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 42

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 3041009

Price: $0.40 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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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Action Comics #499 [Standard Cover]

Action Comics #499 [British]

Action Comics #499 [Whitman]

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As the World Turns -- for the Last Time!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

Job Number: S-3170

As the World Turns... For the Last Time!

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Vartox; Lana Lang; Perry White (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Jor-El (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: Vartox tries to tell Superman that Earth is in danger, but gets distracted by Lana Lang. Superman soon discovers that the whole world believes the Earth will be destroyed. Superman and Vartox figure out that the remains of his world can save the Earth. Vartox decides to leave Earth and go find a world that needs a hero.

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Pages: 17

Job Number: S-3132

DC Dollar Comics -- Buck for Buck the Best Buy for Your Money!

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Penciller(s): various (illustrations)

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Notes: House ad for Dollar Comics, spotlighting the first issue of All-Out War (DC, 1979 series), on sale July 19.

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First Line: This man is Jor-El of Krypton

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1977 series) #255, on sale June 21.

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Genres: superhero

First Line: Ah, there you are, Zan and Jayna!

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Notes: Subscription ad for Super Friends (DC, 1976 series).

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Job Number: S-3175

Notes: Letters submitted by John Phillips Mitchell, Bob Rowe, Tony Edwards, and Eric Petty.

The Answer Man's Guide to the Superman Movie Contest

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100 Pc. Toy Soldiers

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Letterer(s): typeset

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