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Action Comics 426

ACTION COMICS #426

Cover Date: August 1973
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-05-31

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "Master of the Moon Rocks" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Steve Lombard (in between Superman Vol. 1 #266 and #267)

Villain(s):

Terra-Man (in between Superman Vol. 1 #259 and #278)

Other Character(s):

the Anti-lunar League (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis
S.T.A.R. Labs


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Second Story: "The Wrong Side of the Tracks!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsDick Dillin
InksDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (last in Justice League of America #106; next in issue #428/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Dinah Lance (last in Justice League of America #106; next in issue #428/2)

Villain(s):

Gregory Gates (first appearance; former general finance manager at the Osborne Foundation, demoted by Chatsworth Osborne, Jr.)
Gates' accomplices (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. (first appearance; president of the Osborne Foundation)

Location(s):

Star City
Pretty Bird Flower Shoppe


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Third Story: "The Short-Walk-To-Disaster Contract!" (6 Pages)
"Clause #2: The Shortest Distance Between Two Points..."

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
ArtDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Human Target (impersonates Antonio; in between issues #425/3 and #429/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Luigi (last in issue #425/3; next in Brave and the Bold #144/2)

Villain(s):

Martin

Other Character(s):

Antonio
spectators at Niagara Falls

Location(s):

Niagara Falls

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

The DC Universe by Len Wein (2019)


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