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Action Comics 438

ACTION COMICS #438

Cover Date: August 1974
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1974-05-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin


Story: "A Monster Named Lois Lane!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
PencilsCurt Swan
InksBob Oksner
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (briefly transformed into a monster)
Lola Barnett (in between Superman Vol. 1 #278/2 and #280/2)

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building

Comment(s):

This story happens on a Wednesday, one week before Lois' birthday.
This story happens in winter.


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Second Story: "The Man Who Tape-Recorded The Atom!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMartin Pasko
PencilsDick Dillin
InksTex Blaisdell
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Atom (Ray Palmer; last in Justice League of America #112)

Supporting Character(s):

Jean Loring

Villain(s):

Dr. Myles Adrian (first appearance; a Physicist trying to recreate Palmer's matter-shrinking experiments who is caught in an explosion and is slowly shrinking)

Location(s):

Ivy Town
Ivy University

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.


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