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Issue: Action Comics #394
Publication Date: November 1970
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Issues: #394 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/29/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman -- Midas of Metropolis

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1971 published April 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #74 published April 1972
as Midas of Metropolis! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1970s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-766
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Midas of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Cyrus Brand (villain); Sheik Hassan; Rembrandt Regan
Synopsis: When Superman meets billionaire Cyrus Brand, he begins to compete with the tycoon, inexplicably trying to amass an even larger fortune.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #7/1971 published April 1971
as Midas von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #74 published April 1972
as Midas of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #33 published January 1981
as Krösus von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #5 published January 1982
as Midas von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: B-757
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It's a Plane! It's a Bird--No, It's a Swan... and Anderson

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-780
Disclose Notes: biographies of Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson with self-portraits
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-793
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Gerard Triano; Thomas Ghaney; Neil Kelly; Stan Timmons; Lyle Campbell
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Requiem for a Hot Rod!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; "Coffin" Crowley
Synopsis: Clark defeats a bullying drag racer at his own game.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #77 published October 1972
as Requiem for a Hot Rod! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #1 published January 1980
as Der Wagen mit dem Totenkopf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-764
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Super Science Super Sorcery

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #227 and Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #85 [80 Page Giant #G-77]
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in early September 1970; includes cover art for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #226
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dexter
Character(s): Dexter
First Line: Dexter, call a plumber! Hurry!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #1/1972 published January 1972
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #98 published ?
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-806

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