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Action Comics #509

DC · Series began 1938 · July 1980

Dates

Cover date
July 1980
On sale
April 22, 1980
Pages
68

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #509 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Original edition40¢ cover

    Barcode 0709893041007 · shared with another edition

    Source ↗
  • UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.

    Barcode 0709893041007 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Ross Andru, Curt Swan, Jim Starlininks: Dick Giordano, Frank Chiaramontecolors: Tatjana Wood, Gene D'Angeloscript: Cary Bates, E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Rozakisletters: John Costanza, Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odaediting: William M. Palmer, Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz

Stories

  • The Great Space-Travel Hoax! · 17 pages

    Superman battles a weird alien and saves a space probe. Clark Kent interviews skeptics who say space travel is impossible. Turns out, the two are connected, as the skeptics are actually aliens who forgot they are aliens.

  • The Computers That Saved Metropolis! · 28 pages

    Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.

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