Cover: José Luis García-López

Action Comics #475

Sep 1977 · DC · 0.35 USD

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“The Super-Hero Who Refused to Hang Up His Boots!”

The cover of Action Comics #475 poses an irresistible question right on the sidewalk: if that's not Clark Kent diving into the telephone booth, then who — or what — emerges to stun the Man of Steel? José Luis García-López renders the scene with real energy, showing Superman reeling from a burst of force as startled bystanders and a stray dog scatter across a tilted street-level perspective. With Cary Bates scripting and Kurt Schaffenberger on interior art, this September 1977 issue puts a clever spin on one of Superman's most familiar rituals.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Kurt Schaffenberger · inker Francisco Chiaramonte · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Ben Oda · cover José Luis García-López

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Full credits

writer Cary Bates

artist Kurt Schaffenberger

inker Francisco Chiaramonte

colorist Jerry Serpe

letterer Ben Oda

cover pencils, inks José Luis García-López

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Vartox muses over the issue of his fading powers. He observes Superman for a while, and then gets an idea. On Earth, Superman is once again attacked by Karb-brak, the alien with an allergy for super-powers. Vartox is seemingly to blame for the attack.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).