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Issue: Action Comics #491
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #491 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Cover
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1978
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041001
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #161.
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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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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEDIGREE CGC 9.4 NM
3rd Highest CGC Graded
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Hawkman; Brainiac
First Line: At last -- I, Brainiac triumph!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #10/1979 published May 1979
as Superman läuft Amok ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1981 published January 1981
as Supernovaens lys! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as The Villains [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3034
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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A Matter of Light and Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Brainiac (villain); Hawkman; Theodore J. Henkin; Jerry
Synopsis: Diverted by Hawkman, Superman lands in northern Oregon where he hatches a plan. He engages Brainiac's ship, then drags it to the location of a supernova, where he powers up enough to penetrate Brainiac's force shield, enter his spacecraft, and knock him out.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #10/1979 published May 1979
as Zwischen Licht und Finsternis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11/1981 published January 1981
as En kamp på liv og død! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman vs. Brainiac #[nn] published January 2008
as A Matter of Light and Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3022
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Penguins on Parade

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3041
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Volume 78 Issue 43 - Week of October 23, 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Unknown Soldier
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-243
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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