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Publishers / DC / Action Comics (1938) / #442
442December 1974
$0.20

Action Comics #442

DC · December 1974 · on sale September 26, 1974

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#442
Publication date
December 1974
Key date
December 1974
On-sale date
September 26, 1974
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperman; Steve Lombard; Johnny Nevada; "Touch" McCoy
1The Midnight Murder Show!comic story14script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ben OdaSuperman; Steve Lombard; Johnny Nevada; "Touch" McCoy; Professor Pepperwinkle; Inspector Bill Henderson; Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway lookalikes; Hank Aaron?
2The Little Man from Mars!comic story6script: Martin Pasko; pencils: Mike Grell; inks: Mike Grell; letters: Milt SnapinnThe Atom; Jean Loring; Professor Alpheus V. Hyatt
3-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonSuperman [Clark Kent]

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