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Action Comics #584

DC · Series began 1938 · January 1987

Dates

Cover date
January 1987
On sale
September 30, 1986
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #584 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition75¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893041001 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893041001 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Jerry Ordway, Frank Miller, Mike Zeck, Joe Brozowski, Luke McDonnell, Jim Aparo, Matt Wagner, Steve Lightleinks: John Byrne, Dick Giordano, Jerry Ordway, Frank Miller, Mike Zeck, Jim Aparo, Bruce Patterson, Bob Smith, Art Nichols, Steve Lightleletters: Todd Klein, John Costanzascript: John Byrnecolors: Tom Ziuko

Stories

  • Squatter! · 22 pages

    David Gunderson uses a mind-transfer device on Superman, leading to a battle with the Teen Titans.

  • Action Comics: In the Beginning... · 1 pages

    John Byrne gives some background on how Action Comics became the team-up book.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanDonna TroyVictor StoneCyborgLex LuthorGarfield LoganWonder GirlChangelingJoseph WilsonJericho

Reprinted in

Superman (1988), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Action Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition (2018), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)

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

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.