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505March 1980
$0.40

Action Comics #505

DC · March 1980 · on sale 1979-12-18

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Identification plate

Series
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#505
Publication date
March 1980
Key date
1980-03-00
On-sale date
1979-12-18
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893041003
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Creature That Charmed Children!cover1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperman; Jorlan
1The Creature That Charmed Children!comic story17script: Cary Bates; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Ben OdaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Jorlan (introduction); Orn-Zu (introduction, Phantom Zone criminal)
3-letters page2script: E. Nelson Bridwell

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Whitmanbarcode 3041003
Britishprice 0.15 GBP

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