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Action Comics 518

ACTION COMICS #518

Cover Date: April 1981
Cover Price: $.50
Publication Date: 1981-01-22

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


Story: "Treasure Hunt on a Small Planet!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGerry Conway
PencilsCurt Swan
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringTodd Klein
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #358; next in World's Finest Comics #268)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (next in World's Finest Comics #268)
Steve Lombard (in between issues #517 and #519)

Villain(s):

Karmault (first appearance; an alien; brother of Farlung)

Other Character(s):

Farlung (first appearance; an alien; brother of Karmault)
Mike Murphy (first appearance; watchtower guard at Carruthers Gap Dam)
Professor Hodgkins (first appearance; a nuclear physicist)
two workers on a solar collector in the Mojave Desert (first appearance of both; Dave named)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Carruthers Gap
Metropolis
WGBS Building
Mojave Desert
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentifeid planet (in flashback; homeworld of Farlung and Karmault)


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Second Story: "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJ.M. DeMatteis
ArtDon Heck
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman (in between issues #517/2 and #519/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Cal Durham (in between issues #517/2 and #519/2)
Mera (in between issues #517/2 and #519/2)

Villain(s):

Amphitrite
Ocean Master (in between issues #517/2 and #519/2)
Poseidon (last in ???; next in issue #519/2)

Other Character(s):

Inspector Erwin of the NYPD (first appearance)
NYPD officers
a Scavenger robot

Location(s):

Atlantis
New Venice
New York, NY

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.and continues in the next issue.


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