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Issue: Action Comics #526
Publication Date: December 1981
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Issues: #526 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/01/1981
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: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue has an extra centerfold on glossy paper. This contains the Hostess ad, the CBS Saturday morning cartoon line-up and an ad for Monogram models.

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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In7
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Neutron; Air Wave (inset)
First Line: Superman -- face to face with Neutron the Living Bomb!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #12/1982 published January 1982
as Nøytronbomben [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1982 published February 1982
as Der Mann, der Metropolis killte! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Poche #62-63 published October 1982
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3755
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Neutron (villain); Lex Luthor (cameo flashback); Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan; H.I.V.E. (villains)
Synopsis: Superman once again faces Neutron. But while searching for a bomb Neutron planted, Superman is attacked by the H.I.V.E. Superman stops the H.I.V.E., as well as Neutron's plan to destroy Metropolis.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #12/1982 published January 1982
as Mannen som myrdet Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1982 published February 1982
as "Der Mann, der Metropolis killte!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Poche #62-63 published October 1982
as Le destructeur de Métropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: S-3768
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Penguins on Parade

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): The Penguin
Synopsis: The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Air Wave Tunes In!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Air Wave [Hal Jordan]; Jack Jordan; Jan Jordan; Jennifer Jordan; Jason Jordan
Synopsis: Air Wave temporarily gains a mind-reading power and uses it to save his cousin Jack.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJustice League of America #3 published January 1984
as Air Wave Tunes In! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3748
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
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3760
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Bill Curley, David Coakley, Alan Gary Giroux, Tim Wahowske, Matt Kilkelly

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