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Issue: Action Comics #474
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #474 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: 05/31/1977
Volume: 40
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041008
Price: $0.35 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 #143.
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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
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Dr. Light; Johnny Nevada
First Line: There are seven Supermen on this stage...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #23/1977 published November 1977
as Ein teuflischer Supergegner tritt auf : Dr.Light! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Will the Real Superman Please Show Up?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]; Gregory Reed; Johnny Nevada; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard
Synopsis: Superman battles Dr. Light while preventing Light from discovering his secret identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #23/1977 published November 1977
as Wer bitte ist der echte Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #7/1979 published January 1979
as Hvem er den virkelige Supermann? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #64 published January 1985
as Wer ist bitte der echte Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2632
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Volume 77 Issue 22 - Week of May 30, 1977

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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One for the Money!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Superman deals with a guy who keeps trying to steal a winning lottery ticket.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1977 published October 1977
as Haupttreffer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1978 published January 1978
as Vinner-loddet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2579
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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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-2649

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