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Action Comics 579

ACTION COMICS #579

Cover Date: May 1986
Cover Price: $0.75
Publication Date: 1986-02-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks: Karl Kesel (signed)


Story: "Prisoners of Time! (1986 A.D. to CCLIII A.D.)" (24 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier
PencilsKeith Giffen
InksBob Oksner
LetteringMilt Snapinn
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #419; next in DC Comics Presents #94)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in DC Comics Presents #93; next in Blue Devil #25)

Villain(s):

Prolifix (first appearance; a Warlock in 253 AD)
Roman Legionnaires (first appearance; in 253 AD)

Other Character(s):

Karen (first appearance; Jimmy Olsen's date)
Chief Flipmybix (first appearance; chief of a Gaulish village in 253 AD; see Comments)
Columnix (first appearance; a massively strong villager in 253 AD)
Picturix (first appearance; a Druid in 253 AD)
Rockix (first appearance; a villager in 253 AD)
Bulwinkelmus (first appearance; a villager in 253 AD)
Myopix (first appearance; a villager in 253 AD)

Location(s):

Metropolis (in the present)
a Gaulish Village in 253 AD (first appearance)

Comment(s):

The story is a homage to the Franco-Belgian comic Asterix.


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