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Action Comics #443

DC · Series began 1938 · January 1975

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Dates

Cover date: January 1975
On sale: October 31, 1974
Pages: 100

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Nick Cardy, Curt Swan, Russ Heath, Mort Drucker, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Sheldon Moldoffinks: Nick Cardy, Murphy Anderson, Tex Blaisdell, Russ Heath, Mort Drucker, Joe Giella, Sid Greene, Sheldon Moldoffcolors: Tatjana Woodletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Oda, Morris Waldinger, Joe Letteresescript: Elliot Maggin, Robert Kanigher, Mort Drucker, Bob Rozakis, Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff, E. Nelson Bridwellediting: Robert Kanigher, Whitney Ellsworth, Julius Schwartz, M. C. Gaines, Sheldon Mayer

Stories

At Last! Clark Kent-- Super-Hero! · 20 pages
Queen Bee captures all of the Justice League except Superman, who uses Kryptonian technology to reverse Earth residents' perceptions of Clark Kent and Superman. This confuses Brainiac so that Superman can trace Queen Bee's Bee-Men back to her lair and free the Justice League, who then capture her and the other villains.
The Ghost of the Deep! · 11.34 pages
After watching a singer named Circe Smith at a nightclub, the Sea Devils appear to meet the mythological Circe during their next dive. She puts the male members into a contest and Dane abandons his oxygen tank, and when Judy tries to save him by sacrificing herself it jolts the boys out of their spell to save her.
Untitled · 0.33 pages
A boy is fishing in what appears to be shallow water, so The Quiet Man wades in. He is immediately submerged in deep water because the boy was standing on stilts.
Revolt in Painted Canyon! · 10.67 pages
Matt concocts a ruse with his men to capture Jed Crogan and his men, who have been menacing a town and its ranchers.
Mesa and Butte · What's The Difference Between... · 0.33 pages
Definition of a mesa and a butte. At bottom of final page of Matt Savage story.
The Super-Brain of Adam Strange! · 11.67 pages
Sardath attempts to control Adam's Zeta-Beam visits to Rann but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet. When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth.
Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang! · 13.34 pages
Ira Quimby's thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves. Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves.
Throne of Spain! · 8 pages
Count Valdez and Don Carlos (the king's son) plot to place Don Carlos on the throne by imprisoning the king. But the jester tips off The Black Pirate, who rescues the king, imprisons Count Valdez and helps to kill Don Carlos.