Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #395

Cover Date: December 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1970-10-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Dick Giordano

Story: "The Secrets of Superman's Fortress" (14 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Lettering	Ben Oda
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Aquaman Vol. 1 #55; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback; last in Action Comics #409/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #48 and another flashback, last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in flashback, as the first visitor to the Fortress; last/next in ???)

Lois Lane (last in issue #394/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #233)

Other Character(s):

Vrandars (first appearance; an alien race of Amazonian women; men not seen; Captain Althera named, romance between her and Superman begins)

primitive humans on a remote jungle planet (first appearance of all)

Superman Robots

Supergirl Robots

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (as a statue)

Lara Jor-El (as a statue)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude (also in flashback to construction)

The Bottled City of Kandor

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Chlor (first mentioned)

Vrandar (first mentioned; in flashback)

a remote jungle planet (first appearance; in flashback)

Comment(s):

Pages 2 and 3 feature a map of the different rooms in the Fortress of Solitude.

Story Reprinted in:

Amazing World of Superman, Metropolis Edition (1973) [2 pp. only]

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Second Story: "The Credit Card of Catastrophe" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Art	Murphy Anderson
Pencils	Curt Swan
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #198)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (also disguised as "Madame Mephisto," in a bid to determine if Superman can be hypnotized to commit crimes; in between Adventure Comics #399 and #400)

Other Character(s):

oil rig workers

a film crew

students at Stanhope College (in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Stanhope College

off the Alaskan coast

Comment(s):

Leo Dorfman used the name Geoff Brown as writer of this story.

Story takes place over a few days.

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