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Action Comics 406

ACTION COMICS #406

Cover Date: November 1971
Cover Price: $0.25
Publication Date: 1971-09-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Murphy Anderson
Colors: Gaspar Saladino


Story: "Master of Miracles!" (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #116; next in the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Morgan Edge Clone (in between Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #116 and 117)

Villain(s):

"The Master" (first appearance; Van-Tarr, a Kandorian scientist)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Blanchard (first appearance)
Prof. Dorvas (first appearance)
other scientists (Kline, Victor, Paisley named; first appearance of all)
Kandorians

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fortress of Solitude
The Bottle City of Kandor
Metropolis
WGBS Building


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Second Story (reprint): "The Challenge of the Expanding World" (13 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Brave and the Bold #53 (April-May 1964)

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.


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Third Story: "The Ghost That Haunted Clark Kent" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #207)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Troy Magnus (first appearance; also in flashback to 1665; a 300 year old scientist; dies)
citizens of London in 1665 (seen in flashback; many die of the Plague)

Location(s):

London, England (also in flashback to 1665)

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #38 (July 1983)


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