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ACTION COMICS #498
Cover Date: August 1979
Cover Price: $0.40
Publication Date: 1979-05-22
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors: Tatjana Wood
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Frank Chiaramonte |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Justice League of America #170)
Guest Star(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Josh Coyle (last Superman Family #196/3; next in issue #503)
- Lana Lang (last in DC Comics Presents #12)
- Morgan Edge (in between Superman Family #196/2 and #197/4)
- Steve Lombard (in between DC Comics Presents #13 and #14)
Villain(s):
- two extraterrestrial robots (first appearance of both; both destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Rodney Smathers (first appearance; a millionaire WGBS stockholder)
- citizens of Metropolis
- Valeronians (all die)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Valeron (explodes)
Comment(s):
- Valeron's population is stated as one billion.
- Story continues in the next issue.