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Issue: Action Comics #338
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/28/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
Muto -- The Monarch of Menace!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagSupermann #4/1967 published April 1967
as Muto fryktens hersker [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dynamite's Coming!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
inside front cover; house ad for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #169, on sale May 3
Muto -- Monarch of Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Lyra 3916; Jay L-3388 (previously named Jay Senohl); PW-5598 (computer editor, designed by Perry White's descendant Per Wye T7357); Yann (of the underground people of Waru); Thargo (from a race with its own living radar sense); Von-Don (from Blax, a world without color); three android children; Superman [Clark Kent] (of 1960s, in video); Lex Luthor (of 1960s, in video); Lois Lane (of 1960s, in video); Superman the 4th (Dave Kent, in flashback, identity exposed when Dave saved a suburban jet-train); Superman the 5th (in video); Vyldan (in video, Superman the 5th's arch-foe); Superman the 7th (Kanton K-73, in flashback, identity revealed by his own toddler son); the future Superman the 8th (as a toddler, in flashback); father of Superman of 2966 (in flashback)
Hopping heroes! What kind of Superman story is this?
Superman's father was responsible for Muto being born a freak, which is why Muto wants vengeance of the whole Superman line. In the year 2966, Superman tracks Muto to Sector Z-44, where the villain springs a series of traps on the hero, finally luring him into saving a trio of android children in the path of a wave of paralyzing toxic sea water.
Reprinting
FlagSupermann #4/1967 published April 1967
as Muto .. den onde monark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #247 published January 1972
as Muto -- Monarch of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: Past and Future #[nn] published February 2008
as Muto – Monarch of Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
13
Future Superman series continues from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #181; series continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #339.

Story references the "Federation of Planets" before the debut of Star Trek. Though not a "United Federation of Planets".

This story states that the chemical fallout left by a past atomic war settled in the seas of EVERY planet. This nonsensical explanation allows the writers to use this weakness in any adventure no matter where it takes place.
Your Free Trip Around the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, opinion
an old sea captain; two boys
After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
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Miscellaneous
1
Morris Waldinger is listed as penciller and inker in one of the issues this PSA appears.
A Super-Scoop!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-23], on sale April 14
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
Letters submitted by Bill Sofsak Jr.; Peter Tartsch; Dave Olsen; Ralph D. Ecoff III; Greg Kent.
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Statement of October 1, 1965
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 525,254
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 542,003
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, and Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Williams ?
Bill Williams (signed)
Bill Williams
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios
Rocket J. Squirrel; Bullwinkle Moose
Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?
Skateboarding Bullwinkle gets Go-Power from Cheerios but crashes his board into a fire hydrant.
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Miscellaneous
1
One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle.
The Villain Who Married Supergirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl; Raspor; Viperie
Do you enjoy being the bride of Raspor, Supergirl?
Interplanetary villain Raspor, who claims to have been responsible for the destruction of Krypton, believes that he is fated to marry Supergirl, but she comes up with an elaborate plan to defeat him which includes a fake marriage.
Reprinting
FlagSupermann #4/1967 published April 1967
as Kjeltringen som giftet seg med Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #7/1967 published July 1967
as Skurken som giftet seg med Supergirl [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-7, 2nd translation
FlagSupermann #8/1967 published August 1967
as Skurken som giftet seg med Supergirl [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 8-12, 2nd translation
FlagThe Superman Family #173 published October 1975
as The Villain Who Married Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Scooter? Who He?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
Swing with Scooter
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale April 7

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