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ACTION COMICS #408
Cover Date: January 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-11-30
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Colors: Gaspar Saladino
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #118; next in Superman Vol. 1 #248)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #247/2; next in World's Finest Comics #209)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #118; next in Superman Vol. 1 #248)
- Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114; next in World's Finest Comics #209)
Villain(s):
- Morgan Edge Clone (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #118 and #119)
- two rival street gangs
Other Character(s):
- Col. Sean Carter (first appearance; an astronaut; enters into a space warp which rapidly evolves and devolves him)
- Mrs. Carter (first appearance; his wife)
- their son and daughter (first appearance of both)
- citizens of Metropolis
Location(s):
- Houston Space Center, Texas
- Metropolis
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (also as "Super-X," see Comments; in between issues Action Comics #404/2 and #410/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #370/2; next in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #109)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Smithers (first appearance; a bacteriologist; inadvertently creates a strain of synthetic "giant" germs)
- Students at Metropolis University
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story is from Superman's early days in Metropolis, when Clark Kent was a college student.
- "Superman adopts the identity of "Super-X" when he had to be in a containment suit for 24 hours.
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #8 (November-December 1980)
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Atom #9 (October-November 1963)