Action Comics
#397
(February 1971)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-12-31
- 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 Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- B-868
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane (photo); Jimmy Olsen (photo)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Superman robots; wheelchairs
in 
in 
Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda ?
- Job Number
- B-826
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Dr. Carl Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds; Superman Robots
- Synopsis
- Superman is reduced to begging in the streets for food money when he loses his powers in this imaginary story.
- 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 Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #8 (mars-avril-mai 1974) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] - in Superman Extra (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #5 (1982)
-
- Keywords
- imaginary story
Indexer Notes
Imaginary Story. Story continues from Action Comics #396 (January 1971).
[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-887
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by John Krzyston; Gerard Triano; Alan R. Ferguson; Barbara Reader
The Super-Captive of the Sea!
Superman; Tales of the Fortress / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-848
- Feature Logo
Untold Tales of the Fortress- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Supergirl (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Aliens from a water world force Superman to live in the ocean and use his old underwater fortress.
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #9/1971 ([september] 1971)
-
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #13/1971 (28 september 1971) - in Batman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1972 series) #6 (juillet-août-septembre 1973) [Noir & Blanc [Black & White]]
-
- Keywords
- Fortress of Solitude; underwater
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman
Superman -
1.
Secret of the Wheel-Chair Superman!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Where the Action Is -
3.
DC Explodes in '71
Batman; Supergirl -
4.
The Super-Captive of the Sea!
Superman; Tales of the Fortress -
5.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
6.
Pin-Up Superman 1971 Calendar
Superman
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