Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #565

Cover Date: March 1985
Cover Price: $0.75
Publication Date: 1984-12-04

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks: Bob Oksner (signed)

Story: "The Wizard City Warrior" (16 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Mort Todd
Art	Kurt Schaffenberger
Lettering	Ben Oda
Colors	Anthony Tollin
Consulting editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Batman and the Outsiders #19; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #563/3; next in Superman Special Vol. 1 #3)

Lana Lang (in between Superman Vol. 1 #405 and #406/2)

Lewis Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #405)

Mark Olsen (last in Superman Family #211/5; last appearance)

Perry White (voice only; last/next in ???)

Sarah Lang (last in Superman Vol. 1 #375; last appearance)

Villain(s):

Desmond Dexter (first appearance; takes Kryptonian weaponry including an armored suit)

Vedders (last in Adventure Comics #216)

Other Character(s):

Desmond Dexter's mother (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Bokos (mentioned)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Fortress of Solitude (behind the scenes)

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Suicide Slum

Kurtiswana, Africa

Wizard City (moved into a lava stream near the Earth's core)

Unidentified Space Sector

deep space

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Second Story: "$ellout or Manna from Mando" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Plot	Keith Giffen
Story	Robert Loren Fleming
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Bob Oksner
Lettering	John Costanza
Colors	Anthony Tollin
Consulting editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Ambush Bug (last in issue #563; next in DC Comics Presents #81)

Guest Star(s):

Batman (last in World's Finest Comics #311; next in Batman and the Outsiders #16)

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #312)

Wonder Woman (last in DC Comics Presents #76; next in Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #323)

Guest Appearance(s):

Uh-Oh Squad (first appearance of all, on a parody of the cover of Omega Men Vol. 1 #1; Ambush Bug's team; next in Son of Ambush Bug #3)

Cleaver

Blotto the Clown

Ms. Mohawk

Other Character(s):

Peabody (first appearance; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)

Dicker (first appearance; voice only; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)

Pending (first appearance; voice only; an advertising agent, working on behalf of Ambush Bug)

Julius Schwartz (voice only)

Keith Giffen (voice only)

Bob Oksner (voice only)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

Gotham City

Batcave

Washington, DC

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #71/7 (April 1986)

Showcase Presents Ambush Bug ([March] 2009)

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