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Issue: Action Comics #428
Publication Date: October 1973
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Issues: #428 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/31/1973
Volume: 36
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #98.
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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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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman (poster)
First Line: Gee, I wonder whatever happened to him?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #5/1979 published January 1979
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1575
Disclose Notes: Nick Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Whatever Happened to Superman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Lex Luthor (villain); Zeke Corey
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #182 published October 1974
as Whatever Happened To Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #25 published January 1980
as Was wurde eigentlich aus Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: S-1560
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1582
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The Plot to Kill Black Canary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Larkin; Albert the Artist; Linda; Stanley; Seldon (Smuggler); Nenner (Smuggler); Louie (Snitch)
Synopsis: Green Arrow commits Black Canary to be the spokesman for a motorcycle company. While doing a display of the motorcycle at a car show, two thugs try to kill Black Canary.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Sammensvergelsen mot Svarte Kanari [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #6/1976 published November 1976
as Hotet mot Svarta fågeln [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #23 [Direct Sales] published July 1982
as The Plot to Kill Black Canary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #48 [Direct Sales] published May 1984
as The Plot to Kill Black Canary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Arrow / Black Canary: For Better or for Worse #[nn] published November 2007
as The Plot to Kill Black Canary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #67 published ?
as The Plot to Kill Black Canary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-1563
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Metropolis, Illinois

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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