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Action Comics#493
Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano
Action Comics #493
“The Metropolis-UFO Connection!”
Superman battles an alien that tries to trap him in a TV-like device, but Superman is wearing Jimmy Olsen's signal-watch and that enables him to escape and prevent the alien invasion. Meanwhile, Clark Kent goes back to work for the Daily Planet temporarily.
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writer Cary Bates · artist Curt Swan · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Ben Oda · cover Ross AndruDick Giordano
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writer Cary Bates
artist Curt Swan
inker Frank Chiaramonte
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Dick Giordano
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Superman battles an alien that tries to trap him in a TV-like device, but Superman is wearing Jimmy Olsen's signal-watch and that enables him to escape and prevent the alien invasion. Meanwhile, Clark Kent goes back to work for the Daily Planet temporarily.
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