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Action Comics 410

ACTION COMICS #410

Cover Date: March 1972
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1972-01-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Satanic Son of Superman" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman of Earth-410 (first appearance; also in flashbacks; revealed and abandoned his Clark Kent identity; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Krysalla (first appearance; in flashbacks; Superman's wife, also a witch; dies)
Krys (first appearance; also in flashbacks; the son of Krysalla and Superman)

Villain(s):

Trolvs (first appearance of all; robotic assassins created by a deceased scientist foe of Superman's; many destroyed)
"Demon-twin" (first appearance; an other-dimensional "twin" of Krys; dies)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
citizens of Earth's moon

Location(s):

Earth-410 (first appearance; see Comments)
Metropolis
WGBS Building
The Moon
unnamed lunar city

Comment(s):

This is an "Imaginary" Story featuring a possible future, set in 1974, where Superman had a son with his late wife, a witch. It was retroactively said to have occurred on "Earth-410" which was identified in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)


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Second Story: "Healing Hands from Beyond!" (7 Pages)
An Untold Tale of Superman

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsJohn Calnan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in issue #408/2; next in flashback in issue #411/3)

Other Character(s):

Dr. John Navarro (first appearance; a nervous surgeon performing a risky operation)
a nurse (first appearance)
a gunshot victim (first appearance; their patient)
Ted (first appearance; a college friend of Clark's; temporarily possessed by the spirit of the great-great grandfather of John Navarro to help give the nervous doctor confidence)

Location(s):

Cedarville (first appearance; a small town somewhere in the American southwest)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during Clark's spring break from college.
Due to a power failure in an operating room, Superman somehow assists the surgeon by projecting light from his eyes as well as an x-ray view of the patient.


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Third Story (reprint): "The Secret Olympic Heroes, Part 2" (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Teen Titans

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Teen Titans #4 (July-August 1966)


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