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ACTION COMICS #500
Cover Date: October 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1979-07-17
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Part 1: "Planet On the Edge of Oblivion"
Part 2: "A Legend Is Born"
Part 3: "Call Me Superman"
Credits:
| Story | Martin Pasko |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Frank Chiaramonte |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #133/2, then on Page 41, panels 3-4 of this issue; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #135; last in Superman Vol. 1 #340; next in flashback in issue #524)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in DC Comics Presents #14; next in World's Finest Comics #259)
- Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #340; next in issue #501)
- Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #340; next in World's Finest Comics #259; also in flashback)
- Perry White (last/next in ???; also in flashback)
- Steve Lombard (last in DC Comics Presents #14; next in issue #501)
- Jor-El (last in Superman Vol. 1 #375/2 [Pages 1-3], then in flashback on page 7, panel 2 to page 8, panel 5; page 10, panel 3 of this issue; then in flashback in World of Krypton #3 [page 5, panel 1 to page 6, panel 3]; then in flashback on page 30, panel 2 of this issue; then in flashback in Superboy Vol. 1 #162; later appears in flashback in More Fun Comics #101/3 [page 2, panel 3 to page 3, panel 2], then in flashback in this issue page 7, panel 2 to page 8, panel 5; page 10, panel 3 of this issue; next in Superboy Vol. 1 #79/3)
- Lara Jor-El (last in World of Krypton #2 [page 16, panel 2 to page 23, panel 3], then in flashback in this issue page 7, panel 2 to page 8, panel 5; page 10, panel 3; next in flashback in World of Krypton #3 [page 5, panel 1 to page 6, panel 3])
- Krypto (in flashback; last/next in ???)
- Jonathan Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
- Martha Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (in between issues #486/2 and #510)
- bank robbers (in flashback)
- a Robert J. Arngrim clone (first appearance; created by Lex Luthor)
- a Superman clone (first appearance; created by Lex Luthor)
Other Character(s):
- Mayor Harkness
- Robert J. Arngrim (first appearance)
- citizens of Metropolis
- a Clark Kent robot
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Supergirl (in flashback and as a statue)
- Lori Lemaris (in flashback)
- Brainiac (in flashback and as a statue)
- Toyman (statue)
- Parasite (statue)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (as statues)
- Phantom Zone Prisoners (flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Fortress of Solitude (in flashback)
- Metropolis
- Smallville (in flashback)
- Earth
Story Reprinted in:
- The Superman Story (Tor Books) (1983) [reformatted]