Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #370

Price: 0.12 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1968-10-24

Editing: Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

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Superman's Lost Century!

(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Neal Adams
Inks:	Neal Adams
Colors:	?
Letters:	Gaspar Saladino

Genre:superhero

Characters:

Superman; Superbaby

Reprints (3)

in Stålmannen (Centerförlaget, 1949 series) #6/1969
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1969 (22. Februar 1969)
in The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (Abbeville Press, 1995 series) (1995)

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Superman DC National Comics
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly (semi-monthly, March)
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You...

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen!

(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages

Script:	Cary Bates
Pencils:	Curt Swan
Inks:	Jack Abel
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Keywords:Krypton

Characters:

Superman [Sonn]; Superbaby; Krya, Thol; Ruoa; Lasil; Vol; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)

Synopsis:: En route to Earth after the destruction of Krypton, Kal-El's rocket was thrown into another dimension, where he lived for a whole century, maturing, marrying, and raising a son before a terrible discovery forced him to be devolved into an infant and sent back to his home dimension, where his rocket landed near Smallville.; in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1969 (22. Februar 1969)

Indexer Notes

Origin recap, new facts revealed.

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil

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Ideal Toys; Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot...

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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

How Can One Man and One Dog...

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Superman and Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Supergirl's Shattered Marriage!

(Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages

Script:	Leo Dorfman ?
Pencils:	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks:	Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Characters:

Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Gary Sparks; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers

Synopsis:: Since Gary Sparks has broken up with Linda, she decides to pursue him as Supergirl. When Gary proposes to her, she uses a computer she invented, the Prognosticon, to predict how their marriage will turn out, and the news isn't good.; in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11/1969 ([september] 1969)
in Supergirl: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([July] 2018)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from previous issue.

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 7)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page

Script:	E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letters:	typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Sgt. Homer T. Collins; John Wilkins; Sally Sheedy; Dave Smith; Roland Austin

[no title indexed]

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Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Genre:non-fiction
Job Number:6612

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say, that's a nice raceway scene you're painting.

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Charles Anderson of Middleton, Massachusetts

Get in on the Action

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Captain Action / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Table of Contents ToC

Table of Contents

Superman's Lost Century! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You... (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages

Indexer Notes

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Ideal Toys; Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

How Can One Man and One Dog... (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman and Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Supergirl's Shattered Marriage! (Table of Contents: 6)

Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page

Indexer Notes

Get in on the Action (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Captain Action / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Superman's Lost Century!

(Table of Contents)

If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You...

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

100 Years... Lost, Strayed or Stolen!

(Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot...

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

How Can One Man and One Dog...

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Supergirl's Shattered Marriage!

(Table of Contents: 6)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 7)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Get in on the Action

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)