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Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano

Action Comics #524

Oct 1981 · DC · 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
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“If I Can't Be Clark Kent... Nobody Can!”

The cover of Action Comics #524 (October 1981) poses one of the most unsettling questions in Superman's world: what happens when someone threatens the Clark Kent identity itself? Ross Andru and Dick Giordano deliver a striking image of Superman grabbing a bespectacled Clark Kent lookalike by the throat, the villain's speech bubble sneering, "You've been masquerading as Clark Kent long enough, Superman — now it's my turn!" The issue also boasts backup features starring Air-Wave and the Atom, making this an especially full package during DC's expanded-page era.

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writer Martin Pasko · artist Curt Swan · inker Frank Chiaramonte · colorist Gene D'Angelo · letterer Todd Klein · cover Ross Andru, Dick Giordano

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Full credits

artist Curt Swan
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer Todd Klein
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Dick Giordano

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A clone of Superman that was created by Lex Luthor tries to take the place of Clark Kent.

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