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489November 1978
$0.50

Action Comics #489

DC · November 1978 · on sale 1978-08-29

First appearance: Oscar Asherman1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#489
Publication date
November 1978
Key date
1978-11-00
On-sale date
1978-08-29
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
44
Barcode
0709893041011
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Oscar Asherman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Krypton Dies Again!cover1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd KleinClark Kent, Superman
1Krypton Dies Again!comic story15script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Ben OdaBatman, Brainiac, Princess Diana, Morgan Edge, Kara Zor-El, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Steve Lombard, Jimmy Olsen
3Where There's a Will... There's a Fray!comic story10script: Bob Rozakis; pencils: Alex Saviuk; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Milt SnapinnThe Atom, Jean Loring, Ray Palmer
4-letters page2script: E. Nelson Bridwell

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Whitmanprice [none]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman vs. Brainiac #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-1940-6		2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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