Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #405

Cover Date: October 1971
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-08-31

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Dick Giordano

Story: "Bodyguard or Assassin?" (18 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Villain(s):

General Trevis (first appearance; Gemini Agent 1; tries to assassinate the President; dies)

Other Character(s):

President of the United States (first appearance)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Tonacom (first appearance; a super-secure secret location for US government in the Southwest; destroyed)

Comment(s):

This is an imaginary story, set "some time in the future".

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Second Story (reprint): "The Red Dust Bandit!" (8 Pages)

Feature Character(s):

Vigilante

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #192/4 (May 1954)

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Third Story (reprint): "The Haunted Island!" (6 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #206 (November 1954)

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Fourth Story: "The Most Dangerous Bug in the World?" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Other Character(s):

Mr. Hobbs (first appearance; invents a micro-transmitter that is accidentally placed on Clark Kent)

Bobby (first appearance; Mr. Hobbs' grandson)

Two investors (first appearance)

Location(s):

Metropolis

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