Action Comics
#396
(January 1971)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-11-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- B-849
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cameras; photography; wheelchairs
in 
The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- B-813
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Rob Fletcher; Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds
- Synopsis
- Twenty years in the future, Superman had lost most of his powers and is living on the streets of Metropolis, where scientific advanced have rendered him useless.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1971 (27.Mai 1971) -
in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #8/1971 ([august] 1971) - in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #5 (1982)
-
Indexer Notes
Imaginary Story. Story continues in Action Comics #397 (February 1971)
A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
The Invaders from Nowhere!
Superman; Tales of the Fortress / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-818
- Feature Logo
Tales of the Fortress- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; the Seekers [Tirrik; Klurr] (villains)
- Synopsis
- Aliens from a microscopic world inside Superman's Fortress kidnap him and force him to use his powers to rejuvenate their world.
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #6/1971 ([juni] 1971)
-
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #10/1971 (29 juli 1971) -
in Super-Homem (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #1 (Julho 1984)
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; shrinking
Revealing a Trio of Secret Identities
text story / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-802
- Genre
- biography
Indexer Notes
Biographies of Leo Dorfman, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. Reveals that Geoff Brown is a pseudonym of Leo Dorfman (combines his son's name, Geoff, with his wife's maiden name, Brown).
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-853
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Keith Griffin; Gregory Kent; K. Haven Metzger; Stuart Liber
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis
Superman -
1.
The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!
Superman -
2.
A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971
Superman -
3.
More for Your Money...and Better
Batman -
4.
The Invaders from Nowhere!
Superman; Tales of the Fortress -
5.
All New
-
6.
Revealing a Trio of Secret Identities
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7.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is
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