Super Action Album #17

Published
November 1980
Page count
100
Cover price
0.90 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Murray Comics (Red)
 
Murray Comics (Red)

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superman and Batman) Cover, 1 page

"Wake up, Batman--! Or your nightmare of Sinestro destroying the world will come true!"

Featuring

Feature
Superman and Batman
Genre
Superhero
Code
C-861

Credits

Art
Jim Aparo, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #254 (December 1978-January 1979)
No title recorded

Notes

This reprint does not include the back cover portion of the original wrap-around cover.

Show/hide 1. Whom Gods Would Destroy! (Superman and Batman) Comic story, 20 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman and Batman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Sinestro (villain); Batman; Superman; Doc Willard; George "Gorilla Boss" Dyke (flashback); Qward

Credits

Writing
Bob Haney, scripter
Art
George Tuska, penciller
 
Vince Colletta, inker
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #254 (December 1978-January 1979)
Whom Gods Would Destroy!

Notes

This story is told in three parts: Whom Gods Would Destroy!; Part 2: Seven Million Hostages; and Part 3: The Final Vision

Show/hide 2. Beware Mr. Wrinkles! (Beware The Creeper) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Beware The Creeper
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-5471
Characters
The Creeper; Mr. Wrinkles; Ben Briely; Dump; Atlas Adonis; Mr. Muscles

Credits

Writing
Steve Ditko, scripter [credited]
Art
Steve Ditko, line art [credited]
Text
Todd Klein, letterer [credited]
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #254 (December 1978-January 1979)
Beware Mr. Wrinkles!
Also printed
United States
The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([March] 2010)
Beware Mr. Wrinkles!
Show/hide 3. I Die Screaming (Green Arrow and Black Canary) Comic story, 28 pages

Featuring

Feature
Green Arrow and Black Canary
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-5267; J-5268; J-5414
Characters
Green Arrow; Black Canary; The Glorn; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Speedy (flashback)

Credits

Writing
Gerry Conway, scripter [credited]
Art
Trevor Von Eeden, penciller [credited as Trevor von Eeden]
 
Vince Colletta, inker [credited]
Text
Shelly Leferman, letterer [credited] (#253)
 
Clem Robins, letterer [credited] (#254)
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #253 (October-November 1978)
I Die Screaming
 
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #254 (December 1978-January 1979)
The Race Is in the Running

Notes

The splash page and title are removed from “The Race Is in the Running” to combine the stories.

Show/hide 4. The Devil and Capt. Marvel (Shazam!) Comic story, 15 pages

Featuring

Feature
Shazam!
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Marvel Family [Captain Marvel; Mary Marvel; Captain Marvel, Jr.]; Spy Smasher (cameo); Bulletman (cameo); Bulletgirl (cameo); Ibis (cameo); Mr. Scarlet (cameo); Pinky (cameo); Minute Man (cameo); Shazam; Satan (villain); Antaeus (villain); Medea (villain); Old Age (villain); Legion (villain); Abaddon (villain); Ebenezer Batson; Sterling Morris

Credits

Writing
E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter [credited]
Art
Don Newton, penciller [credited]
 
Kurt Schaffenberger, inker [credited]
Text
Shelly Leferman, letterer [credited]
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #254 (December 1978-January 1979)
The Devil and Capt. Marvel
Show/hide 5. A Fast Way to Die! (The Flash) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Flash
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Melanie (unnamed psychic girl, introduction); Clown [Lyle Corley] (introduction); Clive Yorkin (prison inmate test subject, introduction); Dr. Gilbert Nephron (prison doctor, introduction); Detective Frank Curtis (introduction); Captain Harvey Paulson (Barry's boss, introduction)

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter [credited]
Art
Irv Novick, penciller [credited]
 
Frank McLaughlin, inker [credited]
Text
Ben Oda, letterer [credited]
Editing
Ross Andru, original editor [credited]
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #270 (February 1979)
A Fast Way to Die!

Synopsis

Flash deals with a new villain, using Clown tricks to rampage across Central City, while Barry Allen learns of Professor Nephron's plans to rehabilitate prisoners with mind experiments.

Show/hide 6. The Disruptor (Beware The Creeper) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Beware The Creeper
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-4880

Credits

Writing
Steve Ditko, scripter [credited]
Art
Steve Ditko, line art [credited]
Text
Bill Morse, letterer [credited]
Editing
Jack C. Harris, original editor
Management
Joe Orlando, original Managing Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #251 (June-July 1978)
The Disruptor
Also printed
United States
The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([March] 2010)
The Disruptor
Show/hide 7. Free Collection of Christmas Stamps. (Castle Stamps Pty. Ltd) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Castle Stamps Pty. Ltd

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Neil A Hansen

AusReprints ID

  • 2956

Entry created

  • 02/05/2006

Cover added

  • 09/05/2015

Index completed

  • 02/05/2006

Last updated

  • 20/04/2019