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ACTION COMICS #429
Cover Date: November 1973
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-08-30
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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
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Credits:
| Story | Elliot S. Maggin |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Bob Oksner |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #161/2; next in Supergirl Vol. 1 #8)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Batman (last in Justice League of America #108; next in Supergirl Vol. 1 #8)
- Flash (last in Justice League of America #107; next in Flash Vol. 1 #225)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Justice League of America #108; next in Supergirl Vol. 1 #8)
- Supergirl (in between Supergirl Vol. 1 #7 and #8)
Other Character(s):
- Ryan Lowell (first appearance; works in the Daily Planet's morgue; due to an electronic fluke, a machine prints Superman's diary in Kryptonese, Lowell deciphers it and learns of Clark Kent's dual identity; next in Superman Vol. 1 #280/2)
Location(s):
- an unnamed island in the Pacific
- Central City (presumed)
- Coast City (presumed)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Gotham City (presumed)
- Metropolis
- WGBS Building
- Daily Planet (7th floor)
- WGBS Building
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: Daily Planet ([March] 2006)
Credits:
| Story | Len Wein |
| Art | Dick Giordano |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Human Target (impersonates Rick Ryan; in between issues #426/3 and #432/2)
Villain(s):
- Harve Kimble (first appearance; tries to murder Rick Ryan out of jealousy over Carla)
Other Character(s):
- Rick Ryan (first appearance; a rodeo owner and star; target of murder attempts)
- Carla (first appearance; Rick Ryan's fiancee)
- Chet Hennings (first appearance; lost the title of World's Champion Cowboy to Rick Ryan for the past two years)
- Vince Jason (first appearance; son of the prior owner of the rodeo; Rick Ryan won the rodeo in a game of poker)
- rodeo staff and spectators
Location(s):
- outside of Boston, MA
- a rodeo (presumably in the American west)
Story Reprinted in:
- The DC Universe by Len Wein (2019)