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Publishers / DC / Action Comics (1938) / #394
394November 1970
$0.15

Action Comics #394

DC · November 1970 · on sale September 29, 1970

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#394
Publication date
November 1970
Key date
November 1970
On-sale date
September 29, 1970
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superman -- Midas of Metropoliscover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperman; Lois Lane
1Midas of Metropolis!comic story14script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Milt SnapinnSuperman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Cyrus Brand (villain); Sheik Hassan; Rembrandt Regan
2It's a Plane! It's a Bird--No, It's a Swan... and Andersontext article1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson
3-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson
4Requiem for a Hot Rod!comic story8script: Geoff Brown; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Milt SnapinnSuperman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; "Coffin" Crowley
5Super Science Super Sorcerypromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson; inks: Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar Saladino
6-in-house column1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams
7Dextercomic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDexter

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Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn]
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