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Action Comics 442

ACTION COMICS #442

Cover Date: December 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1974-09-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Midnight Murder Show!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksKurt Schaffenberger
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #282/2; next in Batman Vol. 1 #260)

Supporting Character(s):

Bill Henderson (last in issue #440; next in Superman Vol. 1 #289)
Steve Lombard (last in Superman Vol. 1 #282)

Villain(s):

"Touch" McCoy (Samuel B. Ellis; first appearance)
his accomplice (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Johnny Nevada (last in Superman Vol. 1 #278/2; next in issue #450)
Professor Jasper J. Pepperwinkle (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #289)
guests of "The Midnight Show"
Metropolis police officers

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #1/2 (September-October 1979)


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Second Story: "The Little Man from Mars" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
ArtMike Grell
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (last in Justice League of America #114; uses the Time Pool to travel to October 1938)

Supporting Character(s):

Alpheus V. Hyatt (last in Detective Comics #432/2; next in DC Special Series #1/4)
Jean Loring (in between issues #439/2 and #448/2)

Villain(s):

two thieves (first appearance on October 30, 1938; Bennie named)

Other Character(s):

Ainsley Sheridan (first appearance on October 30, 1938; deceased in the present)
Mrs. Teasdale (first appearance on October 30, 1938; Sheridan's housekeeper; also in the present)
residents of Grover's Mill, NJ (first appearance of all on October 30, 1938)

Location(s):

Grover's Mill, NJ (October 30, 1938)
Ivy Town
Ivy University


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