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ACTION COMICS #509
Cover Date: July 1980
Cover Price: $.40
Publication Date: 1980-04-22
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Frank Chiaramonte |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Justice League of America #180; next in Superman Family #202/3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in DC Comics Presents #23; next in Superman Family #202/5)
- Josh Coyle (last in issue #507; next in Superman Vol. 1 #352)
- Lana Lang (last in issue #508; next in Superman Vol. 1 #350)
- Perry White (last in issue #508; next in Superman Family #202/4)
Villain(s):
- the psychic "enforcer"' (first appearance; a being of mental energy formed by the unconscious minds of the "Skepticons;" destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Society of Space Skeptics (first appearance; five aliens "bio-transmuted" to appear as humans; also in flashback to fifty years prior; Gustav J. Arno and Emery named; referred to as "Skepticons" by Superman)
- WGBS staff
Location(s):
- Brambleville (first appearance; 20 miles southwest of Metropolis, population 25,000)
- Metropolis
Credits (new material only):
Reprint Comment(s):
- Story reprinted from Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" (July 1980)
Comment(s):
- This insert between pages 10 and 11 of the first story is an advertisement for Radio Shack computers.