Action Comics (1938 DC) comic books

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "The Great Super-Hero Contest," script by Jim Shooter, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez; Superman encounters a super-powered prince from another world and the princes intended, the latter of whom falls for the Man of Steel and sparks trouble. "The Day The Dreaming Dies," script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell; Green Arrow and Black Canary feel they have little choice but to help Davy Tenzer, who claims to have lived for centuries, and who tells them that a deadly band called the Organization is meeting at the hotel, planning to neutralize every government on Earth!; Davy gets them into the Organizations secret planning room, but the three of them are taken down by guards. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "The Loser.. and New Champion!", script by Jim Shooter, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Superman faces a crook who has been genetically altered to gain the power of anyone who fights him. "When Madmen Rule the World!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell; Green Arrow frees himself and his friends from their bonds and leads Davy and Black Canary in an assault on the Organization; But, once again, they find themselves outnumbered and make an escape... without Davy, who stays behind and blows up the Organization with a detonator from one of the nuclear bombs. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Superman's Fantastic Face-Saving Feat!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A criminal uses a device to change facial features with Clark Kent to get close enough to take a shot at Superman. "Minerva Menace!" Hostess snack cakes ad with Shazam. "Danger: Thoughts at Work!", script by Martin Pasko, art by José Delbo; Dr. Speer asks Ray to help him fix his Actualizer machine which is causing people to act out their subconscious thoughts. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Superman's Energy-Crisis!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A strange energy-drain causes Superman to consume mass quantities of food while the Toyman runs rampant; Superman discovers that solar energy is being drained somewhere deep inside the earth's core; S.T.A.R. laboratories creates a Super Solar Cells suit that enables Superman to burrow into the earth's core where he discovers a freak hybrid of metal alloys that is absorbing the sun's energy and his own. "The Campus That Swallowed Itself!", script by Martin Pasko, art by José Delbo; A groundskeeper accidentally activates the Actualizer, causing Ivy University to be inundated in a tide of creeping ivy, until the Atom finds a solution. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Junkman - The Recycled Superstar!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A freak accident in Kandor transmits super-power to a junkpile robot, and Superman, the Atom, and Green Arrow must find a way to stop it before it destroys the bottle city. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Last 25-cent cover price. Cover by Mike Grell. "Jaws of the Killer Shark!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; The Shark, Green Lanterns old foe, regains his humanoid form and battles Superman. "Bail Out the Nutty Kid," script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell; Comedian Danny Harris is kidnapped by a group of thugs masquerading as clowns during his pledge-drive telethon, at which Oliver Queen is manning a phone bank; Ollie telephones Black Canary to come to their aid while the clowns levy a demand for ransom money before taking him to a helicopter. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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First 30-cent cover price. Cover by Bob Oksner. "Superman, You're Not Clark Kent - and I Can Prove It!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Pete Rosss son is endangered by a disease and the lack of his will to live, so Superman tries to give Jon Ross what he most wants to know, the revelation of his secret identity; But Jon wont believe that the Man of Steel is really Clark Kent; Superman battles Whirlicane. "Flight of the Nutty Kid!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell; Black Canary stops a kidnapping of the Nutty Kid alias Lex Luthor. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Make Me a Super-Hero!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; In order to boost his networks ratings, UBC president Samuel Tanner orders Dr. Peter Silverstone to create a new super-hero for them to feature, and is rewarded with Blackrock, who becomes a foe of Superman. "Masquerade of the Nutty Kid!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Mike Grell; Lex Luthor fires a hypno-beam at Black Canary, inducing her to want to kill Green Arrow. But she hypnotizes herself into believing Lex Luthor is Green Arrow, and attacks him. Luthor teleports away, and the desire to kill leaves Black Canary; Green Arrow turns up moments later, and, after a reunion, he and Black Canary find Danny Harris in the cargo section of Luthors helicopter. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino (layout) and Ernie Chan, inks by Bob Oksner. "Twinkieless Gotham City" Hostess snack cakes ad, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Vince Colletta. "Superman's Big Crack-Up!", script by Elliot Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Universal Broadcasting Company creates the superhero Blackrock, hoping to increase their ratings against rival WGBS. "Two for the Taxi!", script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner; Clark Kent solves the mystery of a kidnapped boxer. Statement of ownership: Average 232,000 for the last year. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Superman, You'll be the Death of Me Yet!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Karb-Brak, an alien from Andromeda who has assumed human form to live on Earth, the only world that can cure him of a fatal allergy, discovers that Superman's presence causes him to assume his alien form again; Thus, to save his life, he reasons that he must destroy the Man of Steel... whom he mistakenly believes to be Steve Lombard. "Welcome Home to Mxypolis," script by Elliot Maggin, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Mr. Mxyzptlk comes to Earth just as Superman leaves, and tries to impress Jon Ross with his powers. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Kill Me - or Leave Me," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Karb-Brak psychologically manipulates Earth people into thinking Clark Kent is a great hero, not Superman. "The Toughest Newsboy in Town!", script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Perry White regales his grandchildren with the story of how, as a newsboy, he saved a scientist from a kidnapper and thus apparently gained a cub reporters job with the Daily Planet. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Super-War of Independence," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; To save his own life, Karb-Brak tricks Superman into going into the past and emerging in the year 1776. "This Is a Job for Superdog," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Al Milgrom; Krypto foils a gangland assassination attempt and is talked by Danny Victor into doing a dog food commercial on the Johnny Nevada show. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Die Now - Live Later!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; After getting hit, Clark Kent finds himself a reporter for Benjamin Franklins newspaper in 1776, but soon remembers that he is Superman and that Karb-Brak has used his psi-machine to brainwash him. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Superman, I'm Going to Re-Run Your Life!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Superman learns of two incidents which parallel the origins of the Flash and Batman, happening to other persons, then meets two people who purport to be Flash and Batman but are much younger than the two heroes. "See Metropolis With Clark Kent," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; Clark Kent takes an Australian broadcasting magnate on a tour of Metropolis. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Bob Oksner. "Think Young and Die," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Lex Luthor regresses Superman to a Superboy with a youth serum, so that the Boy of Steel will lack the experience to effectively fight him. "Paper Hero," script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Steve Lombard recounts to a secretary how he fought off two thugs while pondering whether or not to write a foreword to the biography of a late coach of his whom he hated. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. You Can Take the Man Out of the Super, But You Can't Take the Super Out of the Boy, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Lex Luthor turns Superman, Batman, and Flash into kids. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "Stop It Superman - You're Wrecking the World!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A criminal scientist uses energy from Superman's own body to create a tidal wave. "A Superman's Best Friend Is His Superdog," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Krypto is left in charge of Metropolis while Superman is meeting with the Justice League, at a time in which Mr. Mxyzptlk comes to town. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $2.50	Add to cart CGC 7.5 $664.00 or Best Offer View scan CGC Signature Series Paper: Off white Signed By Jason Adams, Joel Adams & Neal Adams on 4/10/21. From The Personal Collection Of Neal Adams. Label #2697110006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover art by Neal Adams. 'Terra-Man at Nine O'Clock,' script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Terra-Man instigates a series of battles against Superman, which are broadcast by his alien technology through every network in the area. "My Son, the Orphan," script by Martin Pasko, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Morgan Edge has been hiding his true Jewish name and roots until his mother, who has been working for many years as a cleaning lady, teaches him a lesson in being proud of his heritage. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Bob Oksner. "The Night Superman Was Buried in Boot Hill," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Terra-Man, forcing Superman to do televised battle or see Metropolis blown up by hidden bombs, appears to kill the Man of Steel in combat and bury him. "Clark Kent's Lonely Christmas," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Clark Kent feels lonely on Christmas Eve, until he sees the present-less state of orphans at Smallville Orphanage and secretly buys presents for them all at super-speed. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Bob Oksner. "The Whole World's Upside Down" Hostess Fruit Pies ad starring Batman and Topsy-Turvy. "Even Superman Must Die Sometime!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Superman emerges from the "grave" transformed into a double for Terra-Man, and everyone from his Justice League friends to the brother of the alien killed by the real Terra-Man wants revenge on him. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, inks by Bob Oksner. "One of Our Phantoms Is Missing," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Clark Kent returns home to find a strange, elderly man in his apartment; This is Jackson Porter, Clark's new neighbor. Porter claims that he came over to introduce himself and found the door open, but Clark grows suspicious; Later, a strange phantom is seen terrorizing the streets of Metropolis. "The Long Weekend," script by Bill Kunkel, pencils by John Calnan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Clark Kent is bored and looking for something to do; He meets Harry Davis, a private investigator who mistakes Kent for a man named Lionel Maxwell; He is trying to locate Maxwell to inform him that he stands to inherit a million dollars from a deceased relative. #4 Murray Boltinoff DC Profiles bio by Mike Gold. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover by Bob Oksner. "The Phantom Touch of Death," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; After Jackson Porter brings her totally out of the Phantom Zone, Faora Hu-Ul attacks Superman with horu-kanu, the deadliest Kryptonian martial art, and forces him to flee into the Zone himself. "If I'm Here, What Am I Doing Over There?", script by Bill Kunkel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Steve Lombard is plagued with sightings of his lookalike, whom nobody else appears to see. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.30.

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Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Neal Adams. "The Great Phantom Peril," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Tex Blaisdell; The people of Earth exchange places with the prisoners of the Phantom Zone, who run rampant over the planet; But Superman engineers another switch which returns the Kryptonian criminals, including their ringleader Faora Hu-Ul, to the Zone and restores Earth's people to their own planet. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. "Will the Real Superman Please Show Up?", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Dr. Light springs a trap to expose which of the seven people dressed in Superman uniforms on Johnny Nevadas talk show is really Superman. "One for the Money," script by Bob Toomey, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Tex Blaisdell; Clark Kent buys a winning state lottery ticket from a news dealer named Benny, who picks Kents pocket to get the ticket himself. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "The Super-Hero Who Refused To Hang Up His Boots," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Vartox feels his powers waning and sees Karb-Brak, the Andromedan living on Earth as a human, as his salvation; Unfortunately, his power causes Karb-Brak to succumb to his allergy again, and to attack Clark Kent. "The Weak Link," script by Elizabeth Smith, pencils by Win Mortimer, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Lori Lemaris is accidentally caught by a trio of Russians illegally fishing inside Americas 200-mile limit. One-page text piece, "Swamp Thing From the Beginning." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart CGC 9.6 $80.00 View scan Paper: Off white to white Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s); Significant inner well scuff(s) Label #0066286008	Add to cart Fine $4.30	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.10	Add to cart Very Good $2.80
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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. "Attack of the Anti-Super Hero," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Vince Colletta; Vartoxs alien biology cures Karb-Brak of his illness, but Karb-Braks virus causes Vartox to become a foe to Superman. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Auction Item: CGC 9.2 View scan Auction opens November 25 Paper: White Label #4499611003	Add to cart FN 6.0 $4.30	Add to cart FN- 5.5 $3.80	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $3.10
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Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Bob Oksner. "The Land-Lords of Earth," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Superman attempts to curb a tide of catastrophic weather in the world, only to be kidnapped by aliens from the Moon and taken to their civilization within the Moons interior, and told by their queen that he is to become their king. "One of Those Days," script by Elizabeth Smith, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Tex Blaisdell; While giving a tour to a group of his fans, Clark Kent manages to switch to Superman and fight a fire in the GBS building. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Rich Buckler and Bob Oksner. Earth's Last Day starring Superman, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; with the Earth in peril, Superman is on the moon, fighting for his life. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Rich Buckler and Bob Oksner. The Giant From The Golden Atom starring Superman, script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Superman battles Roga. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano. Amazo's Big Breakthrough starring Superman and the Justice League, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Superman battles Amazo. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. It's A Bird, It's A Plane...It's Supermobile! starring Superman and the Justice League, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Superman battles Amazo, first appearance of the Supermobile. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

DC Comic Questionnaire Insert Variant. This variant of Action Comics #481 contains a 4-page, 6.75-in. x 8.5-in., bound in DC customer survey form. Otherwise, the comic is identical to ordinary copies. No info is available as to how many copies of this issue or other May cover-dated issues contained the survey. However, survey copies almost never turn up so distribution of this variant type must have been very limited. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. "This Is A Job For Supermobile," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Amazo attempts to destroy Lois Lane, but Superman rescues her in the Supermobile, and travels five days into the future inside it; By that time, the red radiation has passed out of Earths orbit, and the Man of Steel regains his powers and beats back Amazo; But the android recovers as Superman takes Lois and Professor Ivo back to Earth, and vows to attack anew. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Dick Giordano. "Sleep No More," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; The people of the world have not slept for five days thanks to the effects on plants of the influx of red solar radiation, and Superman tells Amazo he will find a way to return him to dormancy. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano. Superman Takes a Wife, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Giella; Colonel Future and The Wizard team to prevent the existence of Earth 2 Superman, who eventually restates his marriage vows with Lois; 40th anniversary issue. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Neal Adams. "The Experiment That Backfired on Superman", script by Cary Bates (pgs. 1-3; 17) and Dennis O'Neil (pgs. 4-16), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Joe Rubinstein (pgs. 1-3, 17) and Murphy Anderson (pgs. 4-16); En route to the laboratory of Professor Bolden to help test a new energy source, Superman is attacked by a pair of thieves using Bolden's device; while unconscious, Superman dreams of Professor Bolden's first experiment: the Kryptonite Engine; Clark Kent begins his TV career. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. "Superman's Time-Killing Trip!", script by Gerry Conway, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Vince Colletta; Superman travels to the future where he finds the Earth population at war with the Halflings and the sun has turned red, robbing him of his ability to travel home. "Hero for a Day," script by Elizabeth Smith and Thomas E. Smith, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Frank McLaughlin; Lex Luthor escapes prison to deliver a birthday present for his nephew. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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44-page giant. First 50-cent cover price. Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Origin and 1st appearance of Microwave Man in "The Super Origin of the Microwave Man," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Earth-Ones first super-criminal, Microwave Man, makes a comeback after 40 years of inactivity, and Superman must deal with him. "The Miniature War of the Bat Knights," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Ray and Jean Palmer return to the cavern where Ray first shrunk to tiny size, but she is soon captured by Bat-Knights who wish to learn the secret of changing size from The Atom. José Luis Garcia-Lopez bio by Michael Catron. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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44-page giant; Garcia Lopez cover. Superman in "Superman Battles Microwave Man!: written by Cary Bates with art by Curt Sewan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Air Wave begins as a back up feature in "A Close Shave for Air Wave!" with story by Bob Rozakis, art by Alex Savilik and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Double page center spread ad for "The Infamous Milk Duds Superduds Sweepstakes!" featuring the Joker. Julius Schwartz, editor. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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Last 50-cent cover price. 44-page giant. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. "Krypton Dies Again," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; As the light from Krypton's explosion finally reaches Earth, Superman works overtime to protect his adopted planet; But it's not to distract himself, as his friends suppose; Superman is looking for Brainiac who has once again threatened Earth. "Where There's a Will, There's a Fray," script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Vince Colletta; The Atom tries to discover who is stealing mementos from the estate of the deceased comedian Joseph Rak. Letter to the editor from writer Cat Yronwode. Batman stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Corsair of Crime." 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

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First 40-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. "No Tomorrow For Superman," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Ever since Brainiac made him view the destruction of Krypton, Superman has had excessive super-energy that he has to find a way to express harmlessly; But during the latest bout of super-energy, Brainiac directs Superman at the Justice League satellite. One-page Fred Hembeck strip. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Cover pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Dick Giordano. "A Matter of Light and Death," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Diverted by Hawkman, Superman lands in northern Oregon where he hatches a plan; He engages Brainiac's ship, then drags it to the location of a supernova, where he powers up enough to penetrate Brainiac's force shield, enter his spacecraft, and knock him out. One-page Unknown Soldier strip by Fred Hembeck. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in a book length story, "Superman's Secret Afterlife!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. It's Superman's birthday, but its not a fun party because the Man of Steel is threatened by the usual suspects from the Phamtom Zone! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "The Metropolis-UFO Connection!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Why are flying saucers appearing in the sky over Metropolis--are they friend or foe? 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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"The Secet of the Super-S!" Starring Superman. Story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Clark Kent resigns his job at WGBS and returns to his job at the Daily Planet, but not all is as it seems. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "Attack of the Ultimate Warrior!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. A legendary invincible seven-foot Kryptonian Guardian appears on earth with none other than Kal-El as his prey. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "Death Out of a Bottle!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. An alien plague threatens death and destruction but Superman finds himself helpless to stop it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "Superman's Command Performance!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. What would you ask for is Superman could grant a wish for you? In this story three people have that chance. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "The Catastrophic Man!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Julius Schwartz, editor. Vartox, the sole survivor of the exploded planet Valeron, arrives on earth, much as Superman once did. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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Superman in "As the World Turns...for the Last Time!" with story by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Vince Colletta. Julius Schwartz, editor. Vartox, the sole survivor of the exploded planet Valeron (see previous issue) warns Superman that Earth, like Krypton and Valeron, faces impending destruction, but this time it's the son of Jor-El who fails to heed the warning! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.40.

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64-page Giant centennial issue with infinity cover. Superman's life story is recounted in "The Life Story of Superman!," an all-new three-chapter story written by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and inks by Frank Chiaramonte. Inside front and back covers feature a text history of Action Comics written by E. Nelson Bridwell. Julius Schwartz, editor. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $1.00.