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Action Comics #494

DC · Series began 1938 · April 1979

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Dates

Cover date: April 1979
On sale: January 23, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #494 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893041004 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893041004 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: José Luis García-López, Curt Swan, Fred Hembeckinks: José Luis García-López, Frank Chiaramonte, Fred Hembeckcolors: Tatjana Wood, Gene D'Angeloscript: Cary Bates, E. Nelson Bridwell, Fred Hembeckletters: Ben Odaediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

The Secret of the Super-S! · 17 pages
Clark and Lois travel to Smallville to investigate a message about an alternate Superman "S" he might have used. While there, the encounter Chief Parker being attacked by a ghostly Revolutionary War soldier. While Superman deals with vandals, Lois is attacked by a ghostly World War II general. Later, Superman is attacked by a Kryptonian warrior.