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Action Comics 475

ACTION COMICS #475

Cover Date: September 1977
Cover Price: $0.35
Publication Date: 1977-06-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: José Luis García-López (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Super-Hero Who Refused to Hang Up His Boots" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsKurt Schaffenberger
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #148)

Guest Star(s):

Vartox (last in Superman Vol. 1 #281)

Supporting Character(s):

Josh Coyle (last in issue #472/2)
Steve Lombard (next in DC Special Series #5)

Villain(s):

Karb-Brak (also as Andrew Meda; last in issue #465)
two Valeronian criminals (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Valeronians
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
WGBS Building
Unidentified Space Sector
Valeron

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.


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Second Story: "The Weak Link" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElizabeth M. Smith
PencilsWin Mortimer
InksFrank Chiaramonte
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Lori Lemaris (last in issue #365; next in DC Special Series #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Butel (a sperm whale)
Derial (a sperm whale)
Sala (a swordfish)
Topo (in between Adventure Comics #452 and #475)

Villain(s):

Maxim Maximovich (first appearance; a Russian "fisherman;" gathering manganese and silicon nodules from the ocean floor)
Vasily Nikolaevich (first appearance; another crewmember)
Zahari Mihailovich (first appearance; another crewmember)

Other Character(s):

United Nations Security Force officers (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

somewhere in the ocean, within the 200 mile limit of the coast of the United States


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