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ACTION COMICS #425

Cover Date: July 1973
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-04-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy (signed)

Story: "The Last Moa on Earth!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #106; next in World's Finest Comics #218)

Villain(s):

A super-powered Moa (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Jon Halaway (first appearance; a rich hunter)

Location(s):

Hawera, New Zealand

Metropolis

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Second Story: "13 Old Men Who Run The World!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Elliot S. Maggin
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (Ray Palmer; last in Justice League of America #106; next in issue #427/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring (last in Detective Comics #432/2; next in issue #427/2)

Villain(s):

DeClemente (first appearance; a crime boss)

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Comment(s):

Giacoia credited as Phil Zupa.

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Third Story: "The Short-Walk-To-Disaster Contract!" (6 Pages) "Clause #1: "I Have A Cousin in the Business..."

Credits:

Story	Len Wein
Art	Dick Giordano
Pencils	Neal Adams
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Human Target (impersonates Antonio; in between issues #423/2 and #426/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Luigi (in between issues #422/2 and #426/3)

Villain(s):

Martin (first appearance; co-owner of the circus, pressuring Antonio to sell)

Other Character(s):

Sensei (first appearance)

Antonio (first appearance; cousin of Luigi; a trapeze artist and a circus owner)

Location(s):

Boston, MA

Niagara Falls

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

The DC Universe by Len Wein (2019)

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