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Action Comics #502

DC · Series began 1938 · December 1979

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Dates

Cover date: December 1979
On sale: September 25, 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #502 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition40¢ cover

Barcode 0709893041012 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.

Barcode 3041012
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

Barcode 0709893041012 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Ross Andru, Curt Swaninks: Dick Giordano, Frank Chiaramontecolors: Tatjana Wood, Gene D'Angeloletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Cary Bates, E. Nelson Bridwellediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

Fall and Rise of the Star-Child! · 17 pages
Superman and Supergirl must raise an alien baby quickly to adulthood, including teaching him about emotions. Superman masquerades as the Galactic Golem and the Parasite along the way.

Reprinted in

The Best of DC (1979)