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Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano
Action Comics #497
“Superman's Command Performance”
writer Cary Bates · artist Curt Swan · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Ben Oda · cover Ross AndruDick Giordano
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Cast · 7 characters
Full credits
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 is mentally controlled by children who don't realize what they are doing. Turns out an alien kid is participating in order to bring Superman to their clubhouse.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).