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Issue: Action Comics #523
Publication Date: September 1981
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Issues: #523 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: British
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 44
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.15 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Steve Lombard; an alien; The Atom (inset)
First Line: Don't panic, Steve! I'll save you from this alien monster!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3677
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Steve Lombard's Double Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Steve Lombard; Oscar Asherman; an unnamed alien race (villains)
Synopsis: Superman deals with an alien who claims to be Steve Lombard's brother, but is really just wanting to steal Steve's athletic ability.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3671
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The Robot Master

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Robot Master
Synopsis: The Robot Master commands four robot duplicates of himself to commit crimes, but Wonder Woman knows that since only the human will be unable to resist Twinkies, she can catch him.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies in comic strip format.
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The Eye of the Storm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Ray Palmer's father; Mary Palmer (Ray Palmer's mother); Professor Alpheus Hyatt; Jean Palmer [Jean Loring]; The Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (villain)
Synopsis: The Atom is sent back in time, where he is involved in the incident that led to his parents meeting. Back in the present, Atom is able to get Professor Hyatt to help defeat the Calculator.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3686
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: S-3681
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Tim Wahowske and Mark Amundsen.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: If you've only seen the first part -- you haven't seen the best part!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Superman II, the movie.

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