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ACTION COMICS #387
Cover Date: April 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (next in Superman Vol. 1 #226)
Villain(s):
- Time Trapper (next in Superboy Vol. 1 #223)
- Lex Luthor (in flashback to a possible future in the year 2000 and some point thereafter)
- Varlan Tro (an alien criminal on an unnamed world, some point in the future; first appearance; executed and his "evil psyche force" is absorbed by Lex Luthor)
Other Character(s):
- Five astronauts from 795,970 (Ronn named; first appearance of all)
- Two astronauts from 800,970 (first appearance of both)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Jor-El (in flashback)
- Lara Jor-El (in flashback)
- Krypto (in flashback)
- Perry White (in flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in flashback)
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth: (also in the year 1,001,970)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Metropolis (in flashback; the Daily Planet)
- Smallville (in flashback)
- Earth: (also in the year 1,001,970)
- Unidentified Space Sector(s)
- numerous unidentified alien worlds in the far future
Comment(s):
- Superman loops to the far end of time which circles into the past. He observes his life being relived up until January 12, 1970 ("the present") at which point his life resumes, the future he lived through now just a possibility.
- Story continues from the previous issue.
Credits:
| Story | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Pencils | Win Mortimer |
| Inks | Jack Abel |
| Lettering | Joe Letterese |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; last in issue #380/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #190/2)
- Brainiac 5 (next in issue #390/2)
- Chemical King (Condo Arlik; in between issues #381/2 and #389/2)
- Dream Girl (Nura Nal; last in issue #385/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #190/2)
- Duo Damsel (last in issue #380/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #190/2)
- Element Lad (Jan Arrah; in between issues #384/2 and #390/2)
- Karate Kid (Val Armorr; next in issue #390/2)
- Mon-El (in between issues #384/2 and #392/2)
- Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; last in issue #386/2; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #188/2)
- Princess Projectra (in between issues #384/2 and #392/2)
- Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; last in Adventure Comics #380; next in issue #392/2)
- Superboy (resigns from the Legion; in between Superboy Vol. 1 #164/2 and #166)
- Supergirl (in between Adventure Comics #391/2 and #392)
- Timber Wolf (Brin Londo; in between issues #382/2 and #390/2)
- Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #176/2)
Guest Star(s):
- Legion of Super-Pets (last in Adventure Comics #380)
- Beppo (last in Adventure Comics #380)
- Comet (in between Adventure Comics #380 and #392)
- Krypto (in between Adventure Comics #380 and #396/2)
- Proty II (last in Adventure Comics #380; next in issue #390/2)
- Streaky (in between Adventure Comics #390/2 and #394)
Other Character(s):
- Wayland Bannan (first appearance; head of Earth's Bureau of Revenue and Taxation)
- Professor Sayar (first appearance)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle; picture on monitor)
- Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; picture on monitor)
- Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; picture on monitor)
- Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg; picture on monitor)
- Light Lass (Ayla Ranzz; picture on monitor)
- Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; picture on monitor)
- Matter-Eater Lad (Tenzil Kem; picture on monitor)
- Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen-Ranzz; picture on monitor)
- Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor; picture on monitor)
- Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby; picture on monitor)
- Starman (Thom Kallor; picture on monitor)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Deltwan (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- Karate Kid is the leader as Wayland Bannan, head of Earth's Bureau of Revenue and Taxation, tells the Legion they must pare their membership down from 26 to 25 of lose their tax-exempt status.
Story Reprinted in:
- Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #9 (1999)