Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #383

Cover Date: December 1969
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1969-10-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson

Story: "The Killer Costume!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Roussos
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #127)

Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #98/2)

Villain(s):

"Willie the Dip" Morgan (first appearance; a pick-pocket; dies)

Benny Foran (first appearance; a racketeer; dies)

Aabur (first appearance; an alien criminal; in flashback; dies; his essence animates his costume)

Aabur's henchmen (first appearance of all; voice only; Cartam-7H named; all in flashback)

two mafia hitmen

Jackson Randell (first appearance; president of the Metropolis International Bank also a mafia boss; briefly wears the costome of Aabur as the Destroyer)

Other Character(s):

Enforcer NS-II (first appearance; an Intergalactic Prison Police officer; in flashback; dies; his essence animates his costume)

"Chick" Dennison (first appearance; an informant)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

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Second Story: "Chameleon Boy's Secret Identity!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

Story	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Jack Abel
Lettering	Ben Oda
Assistant editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Mort Weisinger