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Issue: Action Comics #497
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #497 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: 04/24/1979
Volume: 42
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893041007
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 #167.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: That huge meteor is loaded with deadly kryptonite!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1979 published November 1979
as "Die Supermarionette" [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #14 published January 1980
as Superman 14. Superband [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3142
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Superman's Command Performance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jerry; Arthur; Mike; Frank; Ryjel
First Line: There goes the giant meteor I sent hurtling on a collision course with Metropolis!
Synopsis: Superman is mentally controlled by children who don't realize what they are doing. Turns out an alien kid is participating in order to bring Superman to their clubhouse.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #24/1979 published November 1979
as "Die Supermarionette" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1980 published January 1980
as Supermann på kommando [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #25 [Direct Sales] published June 1982
as Superman's Command Performance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3121
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Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: #S-3147
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Volume 79 Issue 17 - Week of April 23, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-317
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sgt. Rock
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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