Action Comics #488
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- October 1978
- Page count
- 44
- Cover price
- 0.50 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/32649
Credits
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Julie Schwartz (editor)
E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue contents
Cover
No title recorded
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"Punch-proof! Bullet-proof! Capture-proof!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2961
- Characters
- Superman; Microwave Man
Credits
- Pencils
- Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colours
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Todd Klein
Notes
Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin. Todd Klein credit for lettering from his website (kleinletters.com).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2917
- Characters
- Microwave Man; Superman [Clark Kent]
Credits
- Script
- Cary Bates
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colours
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Ben Oda
Synopsis
Superman battles Microwave Man, a former super-villain from the past rejuvenated by aliens.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
3Featuring
- Feature
- Superman in Action
- Code
- #S-2967
Credits
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
4Featuring
- Feature
- Air Wave
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-2952
- Characters
- Air Wave [Hal Jordan]
Credits
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Alex Saviuk
- Inks
- Frank Chiaramonte
- Colours
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Action Album (Murray, 1982?) #20 ([1982]) — A Close Shave for Air Wave!
Synopsis
Young Hal Jordan arrives in Dallas to visit his cousin Jack. At the airport, he (as Air Wave) stops a hijacker. At a train museum, Air Wave battles the Railroad Robber. But Hal's new friend Karen has suspicions about Hal and Air Wave.
5Featuring
- Feature
- DC Publishorial
- Code
- SP-12
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #158.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.