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Action Comics 498

ACTION COMICS #498

Cover Date: August 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-05-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Catastrophic Man!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #170)

Guest Star(s):

Vartox (adopts the Earth identity of Vernon O'Valeron; last in issue #476)

Supporting Character(s):

Josh Coyle (last Superman Family #196/3; next in issue #503)
Lana Lang (last in DC Comics Presents #12)
Morgan Edge (in between Superman Family #196/2 and #197/4)
Steve Lombard (in between DC Comics Presents #13 and #14)

Villain(s):

two extraterrestrial robots (first appearance of both; both destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Rodney Smathers (first appearance; a millionaire WGBS stockholder)
citizens of Metropolis
Valeronians (all die)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis
WGBS Building
Unidentified Space Sector
Valeron (explodes)

Comment(s):

Valeron's population is stated as one billion.
Story continues in the next issue.


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