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Action Comics 508

ACTION COMICS #508

Cover Date: June 1980
Cover Price: $.40
Publication Date: 1980-03-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Secret World of Jonathan Kent!!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in issue #507; next in flashback in issue #580)

Supporting Character(s):

April Marigold (in between Superman Vol. 1 #297 and #393)
Jonathan Kent (last in issue #507; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #161; also in flashback to New Adventures of Superboy #5)
Lana Lang (in between issues #507 and #509)
Lois Lane (in between DC Comics Presents #22 and #23)
May Marigold (last in Superman Family #197/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #393)
Morgan Edge (last in Superman Vol. 1 #348; next in Superman Family #202/3)
Perry White ((last in DC Comics Presents #22; next in issue #509)
Steve Lombard (last in Superman Family #201/5; next in issue #512)

Villain(s):

Starshine (last in issue #507; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance, preceding last issue)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis
an unidentified alien race (two members seen; last in New Adventures of Superboy #5 as well as in flashback)

Location(s):

Metropolis
344 Clinton St.
WGBS Building
Daily Planet
Smallville

Comment(s):

This story takes place between March 5th and 6th.
This story is continued from the previous issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #11 (April 1981)
Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers) (1983)
Superman in the Eighties ([April] 2006)


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