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Action Comics #498

DC · Series began 1938 · August 1979

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Dates

Cover date: August 1979
On sale: May 22, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #498 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893041008 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893041008 · shared with another edition
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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

The Catastrophic Man! · 17 pages
Vartox sees his world destroyed. He comes to Earth and he and Superman deal with an alien drone ship. Vartox sets up shop on Earth and Superman helps him get a secret ID. In that identity, he falls for Lana Lang. Vartox even fills in for Superman. But then Vartox realizes that he has doomed Earth as well.

Characters

Clark KentSuperman