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Action Comics #485

Jul 1978 · DC · 0.35 USD
“The Experiment That Backfired on Superman!”

After being blasted by an experimental ray, Superman reflects on when he was previously blasted by a similar ray, which also transformed all of the Kryptonite on Earth to iron. After Superman protects a space launch, Clark Kent is assigned to be a TV reporter full-time. In the present, Superman recovers and stops the bad guys who blasted him.

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writer Cary Bates · writer Denny O'Neil · artist Curt Swan · inker Joe Rubinstein · inker Murphy Anderson · colorist Tony Tollin · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Neal AdamsNeal Adams

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writer Cary Bates
artist Curt Swan
colorist Tony Tollin
letterer Milt Snapinn
cover pencils Neal Adams
cover inks Neal Adams

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After being blasted by an experimental ray, Superman reflects on when he was previously blasted by a similar ray, which also transformed all of the Kryptonite on Earth to iron. After Superman protects a space launch, Clark Kent is assigned to be a TV reporter full-time. In the present, Superman recovers and stops the bad guys who blasted him.

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