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Action Comics 427

ACTION COMICS #427

Cover Date: September 1973
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-06-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Man Who Never Lived!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #133; next in Superman Vol. 1 #268)

Villain(s):

Unnamed agents in the alternate 21st Century (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

5607 (first appearance; telekinetic from an alternate 21st Century Earth who causes his ancestors to never marry, so he will cease to exist and not kill an important diplomat)
Wade Bartox (first appearance; 5607's ancestor in 1973)
Dr. Nancy Soames (first appearance; 5607's ancestor in 1973; does not marry Bartox)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Mars
An alternate 21st Century Earth (first appearance?)


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Second Story: "The Time Thief Strikes But Once!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsDick Dillin
InksDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (Ray Palmer; in between issue #425/2 and issue #430/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring

Villain(s):

Chronos (last in Detective Comics #368/2; next in Justice League of America #111)

Location(s):

Ivy Town

Comment(s):

This story happens during baseball season.


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