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Action Comics 531

ACTION COMICS #531

Cover Date: May 1982
Cover Price: $.60
Publication Date: 1982-02-02

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Frank Giacoia (signed)


Story: "The Devil... ...and the Daily Planet!" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMarv Wolfman
PencilsJoe Staton
InksFrank McLaughlin
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #202; next in Superman Family #218/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #370; next in Superman Family #218/2)
Lois Lane (last in Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #292; next in Superman Family #218/3)
Morgan Edge (last in issue #528; next in Superman Vol. 1 #373)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #370; next in Superman Family #218/3)

Villain(s):

Mort Waxman (first appearance; president of the Waxman Publishing chain, seeking to become publisher of the Daily Planet and transform it into a sleazy tabloid)
Frankenstein's monster
Demons

Other Character(s):

Jeremiah Odets (first appearance; the ghost of a printer's apprentice who died on the first day of the Daily Planet's publication)
Carl Tracy (first appearance; a Daily Planet reporter)
Francie Williams (first appearance; a Daily Planet reporter)
Earl Krantz (first appearance; a Daily Planet printer)

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building
Daily Planet


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Second Story: "No Time Off for Heroes!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBob Rozakis
PencilsAlex Saviuk
InksVince Colletta
LetteringShelly Leferman
ColorsTom Ziuko
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (in between issues #530/2 and #532/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring (in between issues #530/2 and #532/2)

Villain(s):

Fred (first appearance; named in the next issue)
Fred's accomplice (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Madelline Nardello (first appearance; a nuclear physicist)
Ed Nardello (first appearance; her husband)
Tom (first appearance; a nuclear physicist)

Location(s):

Willemstad, Curaçao

Comment(s):

This story is continued in part from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.


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