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Issue: Action Comics #486
Publication Date: August 1978
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Issues: #486 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: 05/30/1978
Volume: 41
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 #156.
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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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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.6 NM+
This upper Near Mint CGC 9.6 from the Rocky Mountain Pedigree Collection is the second highest graded example ever certified by CGC and is 1 of only 4 in grade with just 2 graded higher. Additionally, CGC has assigned its perfect page quality designation of White pages, making this the very best example attainable in grade.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Who is firing at Superman?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1978 published November 1978
as Gefahr aus der Zukunft [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2922
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Superman's Time-Killing Trip!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Halflings; Kampto; Tyros; Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman travels to the future where he finds the Earth population at war with the Halflings and the Sun has turned red, robbing him of his ability to travel home.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1978 published November 1978
as Zeitvertreib im Superstil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1980 published January 1980
as Reise i fremtiden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-2872
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-2927
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Tony Edwards, Mark Principe and Philip M. Botwinick.
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Hero for a Day--?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Life of Lex Luthor
Character(s): Lex Luthor; Val Colby; Lena Thorul Colby
Synopsis: Lex Luthor escapes prison to deliver a birthday present for his nephew.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1978 published October 1978
as Held für einen Tag? . . . [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #2/1979 published January 1979
as Helt for en dag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-2730
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Volume 78 Issue 22 - Week of May 29, 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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