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Action Comics 431

ACTION COMICS #431

Cover Date: January 1974
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-10-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
Colors: Tatjana Wood


Story: "The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksMurphy Anderson
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #163)

Supporting Character(s):

Residents of 344 Clinton St.
May Marigold (next in Superman Vol. 1 #273)
Nathan Warbow
Jonathan Slaughter (next in Superman Vol. 1 #296)

Villain(s):

Quakerer (revealed as Martin Thorpe)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batman (last in Justice League of America #109; next in Brave and the Bold #111)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
344 Clinton St.
The Time Stream

Comment(s):

This story continues from the previous issue.


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Second Story: "The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsDick Dillin
InksDick Giordano
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Arrow (in between Justice League of America #108 and #109)

Villain(s):

a pickpocket (first appearance)
Kurt (first appearance; hires Harper and another man to steal fragments of an ancient Greek amphora from Ralston Thomas)
a helicopter pilot (first appearance)
two henchmen (first appearance of both;Harper named)

Other Character(s):

Ralston Thomas (first appearance; a museum curator)
police officers

Location(s):

Star City

Story Reprinted in:

Detective Comics #555/2 (October 1985)


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