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CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #592

DC · Series began 1938 · September 1987

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Sleez (DC) — introduction · origin

Dates

Cover date
September 1987
On sale
June 2, 1987
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #592 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.

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  • Newsstand edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893041009 · shared with another edition

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

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893041009 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Steve Lightleinks: John Byrne, Keith Williams, Steve Lightlescript: John Byrnecolors: Tom Ziukoletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • ...A Walk on the Darkside! · 22 pages

    Sleez gets ahold of Big Barda's Mega-Rod, and uses it to capture Big Barda and Superman.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanDarkseidBig BardaSleez

Reprinted in

Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), 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).

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