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Issue: Action Comics #524
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #524 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1981
Volume: 44
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Inks over pencils; colors yet to be added. Sold for $1,553.50 from the Heritage Auction 2010 November Dallas Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7027.
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: You've been masquerading as Clark Kent long enough, Superman!
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In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1380 published August 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3704
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: We are looking for a few good boys and girls...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Top ad from the inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Can't find DC Comics on the west coast?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Bottom ad from the inside front cover.
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If I Can't Be Clark Kent... Nobody Can!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Perry White; Lex Luthor (cameo); Lois Lane; Batman (cameo)
First Line: Where... am I...?
Synopsis: A clone of Superman that was created by Lex Luthor tries to take the place of Clark Kent.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #38 published January 1982
as Superduell um Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1380 published August 1982
as Si Yo no Puedo Ser Clark Kent, Nadie Puede [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: S-3659
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Bubble Yum's Got the Number Yum Taste.

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for bubble gum.
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Lights... Camera... Crime!

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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Asteroids Missile Command Video Pinball plus...

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Nothing can save you from... Atari.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Ad for home video games from Atari.
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1981: A Time to Start Caring for the Disabled

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Life isn't always fair... but you can make it better!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: PSA from the United Nations featuring Superman.
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Roll Up in Your Very Own Life Savers Roll, and Dream of All Your Favorite Life Savers Flavors!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An advertisement for Life Saver logo premiums, including a flashlight, sleeping bag, and knapsack.
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Catastrophe By Calculation!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave; Atom; Judge Bradley Golding; Professor Hyatt; The Calculator; Jean Loring
First Line: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Synopsis: The Atom seeks Air Wave's assistance to stop the Calculator.
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In Content Item: FlagAtom #4 published January 1982
as Kalkulierte Katastrophe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Atom #[nn] published January 1982
as Catastrophe by Calculation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3691
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Write Right Now!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Once again, the pressures of inflation have brought us to the point where we had to raise our price...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3710
Disclose Notes: Letters from Tim Wahowske, Leona Cantin, Pat Bain, Domenic Romano, and Todd McFarlane.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Drive the fastest cars in the world, Magnum 440
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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