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Action Comics 565

ACTION COMICS #565

Cover Date: March 1985
Cover Price: $0.75
Publication Date: 1984-12-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks: Bob Oksner (signed)


Story: "The Wizard City Warrior" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Todd
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsAnthony Tollin
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Batman and the Outsiders #19; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #563/3; next in Superman Special Vol. 1 #3)
Lana Lang (in between Superman Vol. 1 #405 and #406/2)
Lewis Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #405)
Mark Olsen (last in Superman Family #211/5; last appearance)
Perry White (voice only; last/next in ???)
Sarah Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #375; last appearance)

Villain(s):

Desmond Dexter (first appearance; takes Kryptonian weaponry including an armored suit)
Vedders (last in Adventure Comics #216)

Other Character(s):

Desmond Dexter's mother (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
Krypton (in flashback)
Bokos (mentioned)
Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude (behind the scenes)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Suicide Slum
Kurtiswana, Africa
Wizard City (moved into a lava stream near the Earth's core)
Unidentified Space Sector
deep space


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Second Story: "$ellout or Manna from Mando" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PlotKeith Giffen
StoryRobert Loren Fleming
PencilsKeith Giffen
InksBob Oksner
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsAnthony Tollin
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Ambush Bug (last in issue #563; next in DC Comics Presents #81)

Guest Star(s):

Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #311; next in Batman and the Outsiders #16)
Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #312)
Wonder Woman (last in DC Comics Presents #76; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #323)

Guest Appearance(s):

Uh-Oh Squad (first appearance of all, on a parody of the cover of Omega Men Vol. 1 #1; Ambush Bug's team; next in Son of Ambush Bug #3)
Cleaver
Blotto the Clown
Ms. Mohawk

Other Character(s):

Peabody (first appearance; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)
Dicker (first appearance; voice only; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)
Pending (first appearance; voice only; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)
Julius Schwartz (voice only)
Keith Giffen (voice only)
Bob Oksner (voice only)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Gotham City
Batcave
Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #71/7 (April 1986)
Showcase Presents Ambush Bug ([March] 2009)


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