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Issue: Action Comics #560
Publication Date: October 1984
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Issues: #560 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: 07/03/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Ambush Bug Starring in Action Comics

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Ambush Bug
Synopsis: Ambush Bug, clad in work coveralls, removes the “Superman” logo from this cover, leaving it discarded on the ground. He replaces it with a green-lettered, self-painted “Ambush Bug” banner – much to the displeasure of the Man of Steel.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Action Comics #560 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design and letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Meet John Doe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; John Doe; Josh Coyle; Perry White; Monitor (cameo); Sally (Perry White's secretary); various police
First Line: Three weeks ago:
Synopsis: Superman must contend with “John Doe”, an escaped convict equipped with sonic-blaster-cuffs supplied by The Monitor, and inexplicable bouts of temporary amnesia.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1985 published January 1985
as John Does Rache! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: S-4456
Disclose Notes: Non-advertised, pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths mini-series four-panel-sequence-cameo by The Monitor (only hands shown with voice).

Next issue blurb in the final panel tells of the return to these pages of classic Superman artist Wayne Boring.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Memorandum To: Julie From: Elliot RE: SUPERMAN #400
Synopsis: Elliot S! Maggin and Dick Giordano discuss the upcoming SUPERMAN #400.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 13 and 14 of previous story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4464
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Police Blotter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Ambush Bug [Irwin Schwab]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Bud Lipschitz; Dr. Derwood Denton; police desk sergeant
First Line: Thought for the day: "Sure I'm crazy, but what can I do? So are you!"
Synopsis: Ambush Bug sets up a detective agency and is interviewed by Clark Kent.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #4/1992 published January 1992
as Police Blotter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Police Blotter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Eight pages of zany non-sequiturs with Ambush Bug, highlighted by his exposing Clark Kent as Superman, and arresting a car for overtime parking – then depositing the car on the steps of police headquarters (with a note) as all good superheroes are wont to do. There is also a one-page origin sequence for Ambush Bug, ending with a panel stating "Please Stand By We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties".

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