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Action Comics 396

ACTION COMICS #396

Cover Date: January 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1970-11-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks: Murphy Anderson (signed)


Story: "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringBen Oda
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (Clark Kent of an unidentified Earth, in the 1990s; first appearance; lost all powers except vision and hearing powers; next in issue #397)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (next in issue #397)
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

two robbers

Other Character(s):

Carl Reynolds (first appearance; next in issue #397; named next issue)
Lisa Reynolds (first appearance; next in issue #397; named next issue)
Rob Fletcher (first appearance; an astronaut in the 1980s, now a aquanaut in the 1990s)
citizens of Metropolis
Clark (Lois Lane's son)
Lois Lane's husband (name not revealed, a lookalike of Clark Kent)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Perry White (memorial plaque)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This is an "Imaginary" Story, and continues in the next issue.


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Second Story: "The Invaders from Nowhere!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Flash Vol. 1 #203; next in issue #397/2)

Villain(s):

Krannians (a submicroscopic alien race; also known as the Seekers; Tyrrik and Klurr named; first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Krann (first appearance; a submicroscopic world; destroyed)

Comment(s):

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


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