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ACTION COMICS #404
Cover Date: September 1971
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-07-29
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Dick Giordano
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Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114; next in World's Finest Comics #205)
Villain(s):
- Rufus Caesar (first appearance; the country's foremost mathematical genius and admirer of Superman; attempts to steal Superman's powers and become "Super-Caesar;" instead, his invention backfires and causes him to enter a vegetative state)
- Mark (first appearance; Rufus Caesar's somewhat unwilling assistant)
- Morgan Edge Clone (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114; next in World's Finest Comics #205)
Other Character(s):
- various members of Coast Institute (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Coast Institute (first appearance; location not specified)
- Rufus Caesar's mansion (first appearance; location not specified)
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Atom #5/2 (February-March 1963)
Comment(s):
- The story features the Atom.
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #220/2 (January 1956)
Comment(s):
- This story features Aquaman.
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Zeta Mu fraternity
- Stan Rivers (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #350)
- three other fraternity brothers (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- Dave Hammond (first appearance; an applicant to the Zeta Mu fraternity; next in Superman Vol. 1 #350)
- campus police
- other Metropolis University students
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place while Clark Kent was attending Metropolis University.