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Action Comics (1938)
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#489
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Editor(s):
E. Nelson Bridwell
Julius Schwartz
Cover Artist(s):
Ross Andru
Dick Giordano
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Cover Date:
November 1978
Cover Price:
US $0.35
Issue Tagline:
As A Baby, He Escaped The Explosion That Destroyed His Home World - - Krypton! But Today, Many Years Later, The Blast Catches Up With Superman, As "Krypton Dies Again!"
Format:
Color; Standard Comic Issue; 40 pages
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Action Comics (1938) #489 Whitman Edition
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Letters Column:
Superman In Action
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Reprinted/Collected in:
Atom (1979) Bd. 1
Superman Vs. Brainiac (2008) TPB
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The Letters to the Editor has a letter from Cat Yrnowode.
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"Krypton Dies Again!"
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Writer(s):
Cary Bates
Penciller(s):
Curt Douglas Swan
Inker(s):
Frank Chiaramonte
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Gene D'Angelo
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Ben Oda
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Oscar Asherman
Batman (DC)(Earth-1 - Pre Crisis)
Brainiac (DC)(Earth-1 - Pre Crisis)
Josh Coyle (Earth-1)
Morgan Edge (Earth-1)
Green Lantern (DC)(02 - Hal Jordan)
Hawkman (02 - Earth-1 Katar Hol)
Lois Lane (DC)(Earth-1 - Pre Crisis)
Lana Lang (DC)(Earth-1)
Steve Lombard (Earth-1)
Drygur Moliom (Earth-1)
James 'Jimmy' Olsen (DC)(Earth-1)
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Perry White (Earth-1)
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Bottle City Of Kandor
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A Julius Schwartz cameo? On page 4 panel 1.
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Action Comics Featuring: The Atom
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Bob H. Rozakis
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Alex Saviuk
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