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ACTION COMICS #559

Cover Date: September 1984
Cover Price: $.75
Publication Date: 1984-06-05

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Cover Credits:
Art: Eduardo Barreto (signed)

Story: "The Once-and-Future Peri(l)" (16 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Dave Hunt
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Consulting editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #399/2; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback image)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #399/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Lana Lang (last in DC Comics Presents Annual #3; next in World's Finest Comics #308)

Lola Barnett (on television; last in Superman Vol. 1 #374; next in ???)

Morgan Edge (last in DC Comics Presents #71; next in Superman Annual Vol. 1 #10)

Villain(s):

Alvin T. Grant (first appearance; husband of Loretta and a con artist; next in issue #567)

Yellow Peri (Loretta Grant; unwitting dupe of her husband; last in New Adventures of Superboy #35; next in issue #567; also in flashback image)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Apple Creek, Oak Town and East Stroud (first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Apple Creek, OR

Oak Town

East Stroud

Metropolis

Galaxy Building

Comment(s):

A few weeks pass during this story.

Solicitation:

Loretta Grant regains the magical book that can transform her once more into the Yellow Peri!

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Second Story: "A Superman of a Different Color!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Alex Saviuk
Inks	Dennis Jensen
Lettering	Phil Felix
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Consulting editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #304; also in flashback to a visit to an alien world)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #401)

Villain(s):

an alien creature (first appearance; in flashback; instinctively attacks Superman as it feels threatened by the color of his black hair, a color not seen on its world)

Other Character(s):

Jose (first appearance; Jimmy Olsen's barber)

Leon (first appearance; another barber)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Metropolis

Unidentified Space Sector

Rthalta VI system

an unidentified planet circling three suns (first appearance; in flashback)

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