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490December 1978
$0.40

Action Comics #490

DC · December 1978 · on sale 1978-09-26

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#490
Publication date
December 1978
Key date
1978-12-00
On-sale date
1978-09-26
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893041012
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana WoodLois Lane
1No Tomorrow for Superman!comic story17script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Milt SnapinnClark Kent, Superman
2-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell
3Volume 78 Issue 39A - Week of September 25, 1978in-house column0.8editing: Bob Rozakis
4-comic story0.2script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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CollectionYear
Superman vs. Brainiac #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-1940-6
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