Action Comics #494 (1979) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López; colors: Tatjana Wood	Superman; Lois Lane
1	The Secret of the Super-S!	comic story	17	script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Ben Oda	Chief Parker; Lois Lane; The Dwalu from Krypton; Superman [Clark Kent]
3	-	letters page	0.75	script: E. Nelson Bridwell
4	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset
5	Volume 79 Issue 4 - Week of January 22, 1979	in-house column	0.8	editing: Bob Rozakis
6	-	comic story	0.2	script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck	Clark Kent

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.12 GBP

Collection	Year
Superman in the Seventies #[nn] ISBN 1563896389	2000	On eBay ›
Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-102-8	2020	On eBay ›

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