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Action Comics #508

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1980

Dates

Cover date
June 1980
On sale
March 25, 1980
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #508 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Original edition40¢ cover

    Barcode 0709893041006 · shared with another edition

    Source ↗
  • Whitman edition

    Whitman

    Whitman branding on the cover.

    Barcode 3041006

    This edition’s page
  • UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

    Barcode 0709893041006 · 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 Oda, Fred Hembeckscript: Cary Bates, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Rozakis, Fred Hembeckediting: Bob Rozakis, Lynne Gelfer

Stories

  • The Secret World of Jonathan Kent! · 17 pages

    Superman battles Starshine and his powers of suggestion. Then we learn the secret of Jonathan Kent's return to life.

Reprinted in

The Best of DC (1979), Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (1983), Superman in the Eighties (2006)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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