Action Comics #588 (1987) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Shadow War: The Epic Climax!	cover	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne	Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Katar Hol, Clark Kent, Superman, Shayera Thal
2	All Wars Must End [Part Two]	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Michele Wolfman; letters: John Costanza	Byth, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Katar Hol, Clark Kent, Superman, Shayera Thal, Deron Ved
4	Wanted	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel	The Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, The Enchantress, Digger Harkness, Floyd Lawton, Mindboggler, June Moone, Plastique, Bette Sans Souci, Benjamin Turner, Leah Wasserman
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Brian Murray; inks: Malcolm Jones III	Dan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Flying Fox, Fury, Helena Kosmatos, Arn Munro, Iron Munro, Neptune Perkins, Miya Shimada, Tsunami
6	Free Gifts from DC Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
8	Here's a Fast Look at the New Flash	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Larry Mahlstedt	The Flash, Wally West
9	2 Free Months! of DC Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Batman, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Koriand'r, Princess Diana, Starfire, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman
10	-	letters page	2	letters: typeset

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893041005
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893041005

Collection	Year
Superman: The Man of Steel #3 ISBN 1-4012-0246-2	2004	On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0	2006	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #2 ISBN 978-1-77950-591-0	2021	On eBay ›

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