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Action Comics 496

ACTION COMICS #496

Cover Date: June 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-03-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Bob Oksner (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "Death Out of a Bottle" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksFrank Chiaramonte
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsAdrienne Roy
Associate editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #336; next in World's Finest Comics #257)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superman Family #195/3)

Villain(s):

Zurnnulaxi-Vraxil (first appearance; a representative of an alien scavenger race)

Guest Appearance(s):

Supergirl (in between Superman Family #195/6 and #196/6)

Other Character(s):

Science Council of Kandor (including the Drygur)
Jav-Ar (first appearance; an optics expert assigned to create a solid hologram as a menace to confront Superman)
other unidentified Kandorians

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth (including Earth several million years in the future)
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
WGBS Building
JLA Satellite
The Timestream

Comment(s):

Kandor's population is stated to be seven million.


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