Dates
- Cover date
- January 1983
- On sale
- October 5, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #539 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 709893041001 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 709893041001 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Past Imperfect! · 16 pages
The Atom uses the Time Pool to try to help Superman get to the past to stop Lord Satanis and Syrene. Flash does the same with the Cosmic Treadmill, but both efforts fail. Back in the past, the other Superman is still a pawn in the war between Satanis and Syrene. Clark Kent shows up at the Daily Planet, and promptly keels over. Clark Kent is dead! Meanwhile, Satanis manages to take over the body of the Superman in the past. And Clark Kent's autopsy begins.
- Help! I'm a Prisoner in My Own Body! · 7 pages
Aquaman learns that V'Lana has taken over Mera's body and plans to use Mera's ability to control fish to take over Mera's home dimension of Xebel. Aquaman and Mera confront her, but she gets the upper hand, and Mera's life is in danger.
Characters
Reprinted in
Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane (2012)