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Action Comics #497

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1979

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Dates

Cover date: July 1979
On sale: April 24, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #497 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893041007 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.
This edition’s page
UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893041007 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Ross Andru, Curt Swan, Fred Hembeckinks: Dick Giordano, Frank Chiaramonte, Fred Hembeckcolors: Tatjana Wood, Gene D'Angeloletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Cary Bates, E. Nelson Bridwell, Fred Hembeckediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

Superman's Command Performance · 17 pages
Superman is mentally controlled by children who don't realize what they are doing. Turns out an alien kid is participating in order to bring Superman to their clubhouse.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LaneJimmy OlsenPerry WhiteLana LangSteve Lombard

Reprinted in

The Best of DC (1979)