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Action Comics 404

ACTION COMICS #404

Cover Date: September 1971
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-07-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Dick Giordano


Story: "Kneel to Your Conqueror, Superman!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114; next in World's Finest Comics #205)

Villain(s):

Rufus Caesar (first appearance; the country's foremost mathematical genius and admirer of Superman; attempts to steal Superman's powers and become "Super-Caesar;" instead, his invention backfires and causes him to enter a vegetative state)
Mark (first appearance; Rufus Caesar's somewhat unwilling assistant)
Morgan Edge Clone (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114; next in World's Finest Comics #205)

Other Character(s):

various members of Coast Institute (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Galaxy Broadcasting Building
Coast Institute (first appearance; location not specified)
Rufus Caesar's mansion (first appearance; location not specified)


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Second Story (reprint): "The Specter of 3000-Moons Lake!" (10 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Atom #5/2 (February-March 1963)

Comment(s):

The story features the Atom.


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Third Story (reprint): "The Coward and the Hero" (6 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #220/2 (January 1956)

Comment(s):

This story features Aquaman.


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Fourth Story: "The Day They Killed Clark Kent" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superman (see Comments; in between issues #403/2 and #408/2)

Villain(s):

Zeta Mu fraternity
Stan Rivers (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #350)
three other fraternity brothers (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Dave Hammond (first appearance; an applicant to the Zeta Mu fraternity; next in Superman Vol. 1 #350)
campus police
other Metropolis University students

Location(s):

Metropolis
Metropolis University

Comment(s):

This story takes place while Clark Kent was attending Metropolis University.


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