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Issue: Action Comics #473
Publication Date: July 1977
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Issues: #473 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: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/26/1977
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041007
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.
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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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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Faora; Zod; Jax-Ur; Kru-El
First Line: You're all as strong as Superman! Hold him while I destroy him!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1977 published September 1977
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #65 published January 1985
as So stark wie SUPERMAN - Wie kam es dazu? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2617
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Birds of a Feather

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Great Phantom Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl; Faora Hu-Ul; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Professor Vakox; Kru-El; at least nine escaped Phantom Zone criminals; Jackson Porter; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis: With everyone in Metropolis stuck in the Phantom Zone, Superman battles the Phantom Zone villains by infiltrating them. Then he has to survive a beating from them long enough for everyone to switch places.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1977 published September 1977
as Wenn die Phantome rasen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann årsalbum #1981 published January 1981
as Bedrageren fra det hinsidige [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1 removed
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #65 published January 1985
as Wenn die Phantome rasen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-2611
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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-2623
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Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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#13 Paul Levitz

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33

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