Action Comics Vol 1 422

Action Comics Vol 1 #422 Published Released March, 1973 January 30, 1973 Issue Details Pages 36 Original Price 0.20 Cover Artists Nick Cardy Publisher DC Comics Indicia Publisher National Periodical Publications, Inc. Brand/Imprint DC (circle) "The TV Show That Menaced Metropolis!" Writers Cary Bates Pencilers Curt Swan Inkers Murphy Anderson Editors Julius Schwartz "The Shadows-of-Yesterday Contract" Writers Len Wein Pencilers Dick Giordano Inkers Dick Giordano Editors Julius Schwartz Previous Issue Next Issue Action Comics #421 Action Comics #423

Appearing in "The TV Show That Menaced Metropolis!"

Featured Characters:

•  Superman 

Supporting Characters:

• Woodrow Nescott

Adversaries:

• Mac Nelson (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Dan Marz
• Herbert Nescott
• Kerry Nescott

Locations:

• Metropolis

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "The TV Show That Menaced Metropolis!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Shadows-of-Yesterday Contract"

Featured Characters:

• Human Target

Supporting Characters:

• Hyram Walsh (Single appearance)

Adversaries:

• Amos Sharkey (First appearance)

• Dancer (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Philip Chance(Appears in flashback and main story)
• Luigi

Locations:

• Boston

• Beacon Hill

Vehicles:

• '37 Cord Automobile
  
  

Synopsis for "The Shadows-of-Yesterday Contract"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• The flashback in the second story about Chance's origins is reprinted as part of another story in Brave and the Bold #143 featuring another appearance by Amos Sharkey.

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Recommended Reading

• Superman Titles

• Action Comics
• Adventures of Superman
• Superman (Volume 1)
• Superman (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Superman Confidential
• Superman: Man of Steel
• Superman: Man of Tomorrow
• World's Finest

• Human Target

• Human Target (Volume 1)
• Human Target (Volume 2)
• Human Target (Volume 3)

  Links and References

• Superman at Wikipedia.org
• Superman at DC Comics
• Superman Wiki
• Superman Homepage
• Superman at TV Tropes
• Human Target at Wikipedia.org
• Human Target at the Comic Book Database
• Human Target at the DCU Guide
• Human Target at Thrilling Detectives
• Human Target at TV Tropes
• Human Target Online

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