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Action Comics 432

ACTION COMICS #432

Cover Date: February 1974
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-11-29

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "Target of the Toymen!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #163; next in Superman Vol. 1 #273)

Supporting Character(s):

Morgan Edge (in between Superman Vol. 1 #271 and #275)

Villain(s):

Toyman II (Jack Nimball; first appearance; next in issue #454)

Other Character(s):

Toyman (Winslow Schott; last in World's Finest Comics #159; next in Superman Vol. 1 #375)
Mr. Barton (first appearance; a television commercial director)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

a small New England seaport town
Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place over the course of a few days.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #54 (November 1984)


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Second Story: "The Million-Dollar Methuselah Contract" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLen Wein
ArtDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Human Target (impersonates Henderson Repp; last in issue #429/2; next in Brave and the Bold #143/2)

Villain(s):

an unnamed hitman (first appearance)
Lester (great-great-great-grandnephew of Henderson Repp; first mentioned; behind the scenes; hires a hitman to kill Repp)

Other Character(s):

Henderson Repp (first appearance; a multi-millionaire oil magnate)
Deedee (first appearance; Repp's secretary)
oil field workers (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

oil fields in Oklahoma

Comment(s):

"The Human Target" feature continues in Brave and the Bold #143/2 (September-October 1978).


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