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Action Comics 385

ACTION COMICS #385

Cover Date: February 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1969-12-24

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson


Story: "The Immortal Superman!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Roussos
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #128)

Villain(s):

Time Trapper (last in Adventure Comics #338)
Pulsato-Energi being (first appearance; in the year 101,970; destroyed)
the Superman Gang: (first appearance of all, on a billboard in the year 121,970; captured behind the scenes)
Rimol 5
Vonn 1
Lakim 32

Other Character(s):

President Richard M. Nixon (in shadow, not identified by specific name)
three unidentified super-heroes in the in the year 101,970 (first appearance of all)
the Multiple-Men (a trio of super-heroes in the year 121,970, each with twenty-five super powers; first appearance of all)
unidentified citizens of the 1,020th Century (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
Metropolis (in the far future)
Daily Planet
Washington, DC
the White House
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Fozr (first mentioned)
Loxiu (first mentioned)
Scorrm (first mentioned)
Tozz (first mentioned)
Yunno (first mentioned)

Comment(s):

This story begins on January 12, 1970, as seen in issue #387.
Story continues in the next issue.


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Second Story: "The Fallen Starboy!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
PencilsWin Mortimer
InksJack Abel
LetteringJoe Letterese
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Brainiac 5 (last in issue #381/2)
Colossal Boy (last in Adventure Comics #375; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #190/2)
Dream Girl (also in flashback; next in issue #387/2)
Karate Kid
Saturn Girl (last in issue #381/2)
Star Boy (also in flashback; last in Adventure Comics #379; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #199)

Villain(s):

a gang of raiders (first appearance of all; Naltorians; Yark Althu, the brother of the late Kenz Nuhor named)

Other Character(s):

Xanthu Director of Police (first appearance)
Fryd Kallor (last in Adventure Comics #356; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #28)
Mira Kallor (last in Adventure Comics #356; next in Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3 #28)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Kenz Nuhor (in flashback; dies)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
Naltor (mentioned)
Xanthu
Desert of Death
Gwanth Ocean
Xan City

Story Reprinted in:

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #9 (1999)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #4 ([September] 2010)


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