Volume: 35
Price: 0.20 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1972-10-26
Editing: Julius Schwartz (credited as Julie Schwartz) (editor)
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The Most Dangerous Man on Earth!
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Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Adler (photograph)
Inks:
Jack Adler (photograph)
Colors:
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1348
Characters:
Reprints (10)

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Color credit for Adler comes from the letters page of issue #423

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #89.

On safari, a boy learns to act like a man.
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

The Most Dangerous Man on Earth!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 14 pages

Script:
Cary Bates (credited)
Pencils:
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1328
Characters:
Moe Malloy; Vincent Appleton
Synopsis:
Moe Malloy fishes a strange glowing gun and pair of shoes out of Metropolis harbor which give him super powers.
Reprints (8)

Indexer Notes

Al Milgrom's name appears on a wall. Technical assistance credited to Pete Simmons, Director of Space Astronomy, Grumman Aerospace Corporation.

What Does This Champion Have in Common…With You?
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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page

These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!
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North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page

Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
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Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Adventures of Corgi Boy
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Corgi Toys / advertisement / 1 page

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

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino ? (illustration)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:S-1359
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Editor: Not being an Action reader...
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Scott Gibson; Alan Lippert; Art Humbert; Bob Rozakis; Bruce Jones; and Dennis Chan.

New title for letters column.

The Assassin-Express Contract!
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Human Target / comic story / 9.5 pages

Script:
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:S-1302
Characters:
Luigi; T. C. Newman; Harry Cheever
Synopsis:
The Human Target poses as a business man on a train to stop an assassination.
Reprints (10)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records provided by DC Comics.

Wind-Tunnel Tested!
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Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page

7 Foot Monster
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Honor House Products Novelties / advertisement / 1 page

Coming Super Attractions!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Kids The Magazine by Kids for Kids / advertisement / 1 page

Never Finished High School?
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Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page

Don't Be Half a Man!
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

4 Ways to Get the A/FX Racing Set You Want for Christmas
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Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Most Dangerous Man on Earth!
    Superman
  2. On safari, a boy learns to act like a man.
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  3. The Most Dangerous Man on Earth!
    Superman
  4. What Does This Champion Have in Common…With You?
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  5. These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!
    North American School of Drafting
  6. Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
    Sea-Monkeys
  7. The Adventures of Corgi Boy
    Corgi Toys
  8. ["Dear Editor: Not being an Action reader..."]
    Superman in Action
  9. The Assassin-Express Contract!
    The Human Target
  10. Wind-Tunnel Tested!
    Kenner Toys
  11. 7 Foot Monster
    Honor House Products Novelties
  12. Coming Super Attractions!
  13. ["Look what you're missing by not reading Kids Magazine."]
    Kids The Magazine by Kids for Kids
  14. Never Finished High School?
    Wayne School Courses
  15. Don't Be Half a Man!
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  16. 4 Ways to Get the A/FX Racing Set You Want for Christmas
    Aurora Products
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