CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics Annual #1

DC · Series began 1987 · [October] 1987

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Dates

Cover date: [October] 1987
On sale: June 16, 1987
In stores: June 16, 1987
Pages: 52

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition$1.25 cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893124375 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition1.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.75 CAD.

Barcode 0709893124375 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Arthur Adams, Esteban Maroto, Adam Kubert, Paul Gulacyinks: Dick Giordano, Esteban Maroto, Andy Kubert, Paul Gulacycolors: Tom Ziuko, Petra Goldbergletters: Todd Klein, Albert DeGuzmanscript: John Byrne

Stories

Skeeter · 39 pages
Batman and Superman must team up to stop a vampire.

Publisher’s description

"Cry Vampire!" Guest-starring Batman. Written by John Byrne. Art and cover by Arthur Adams. The World's Finest may have bitten off more than they can chew when they investigate a series of murders and find themselves confronted with the immortal macabre power of the vampire!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanCommissioner James Gordon

Reprinted in

Batman & Superman Special (1990), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman: Dark Knight Over Metropolis (2013), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)