Issue Description

Cover by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano."The Metropolis-UFO Connection!" written by Cary Bates, penciled by Curt Swan, inked by Frank Chiaramonte, colored by Gene D'Angelo and lettered by Ben Oda."Daily Planet" Volume 78 Issue 51 the week of December 25, 1978 edited by Bob Rozakis, production by Anthony Tollin and lettered by Typeset. Featuring the attacking Wooly Mammoth in the upcoming issue of Weird War Tales #74. Plus, "Ask the Answer Man"."Hembeck" written, penciled and inked by Fred Hembeck.

Notes:

This issue contains the Hostess Superhero Ad, Batman in "The Galactic Gold Eaters".

Continued from Action Comics #492.

For a few days, unidentified flying objects are appearing over the sky of Metropolis. They flash from one side of the sky to the other in groups, and then suddenly disappear.

One such day, Lois and Clark are walking down the street, when suddenly the UFOs appear in the sky. Clark investigates them with his x-ray vision, but fails to detect their working due to their protective force-field. They go to the Daily Planet building, where they are met by Lana Lang, Clark’s best friend from Smallville. She informs him that Morgan wants to see him.

Morgan informs Clark that he wants to send him on a mandatory vacation. Clark is upset, but Jimmy is elated at the news. He suggests that Kent should go on a vacation. But, suddenly he loses consciousness. Minutes later at the hospital, he is diagnosed with flu. Jimmy gives his Clark ultrasonic watch and advises him to call on Superman when the need arises. Clark obeys and takes the watch.

Sometime later, Superman is finished patrolling the city and is returning to change back to Clark Kent. Unbeknownst to him, a strange flying object follows him and disappears out of sight. Superman is changing his dress, when he hears an unearthly sound coming from Corliss apartment. He goes up to investigate and saves Lyle Corliss from the mysterious object, destroying it in the process. He collects the fragments and goes away with them.

Later when Clark comes to visit Corliss, he is greeted by an alien humanoid, who had taken the form of Corliss. He incinerates Clark’s coat and reveals Superman, then traps him in a dimensional projector. Then he adds that the UFOs the people are seeing, are actually Yota Transmissions to an alien fleet, which is preparing an attack on Earth.

The dimensional field inside the projector has a tranquilizing effect on Superman. Yet somehow he manages to activate Jimmy’s signal watch. He concentrates on the frequency and breaks free of the projector. Corliss tells him that he is too late to save earth. The last Yota transmissions have already been sent. Superman chases the transmissions, and accelerates into hyperspace. He alters them with his x-ray vision, then disappears from the scene.

A few million miles later, a waiting alien fleet receives the transmissions and reads it as an abort signal. The commander is disappointed but tells that he shall keep watch on earth.

The next day, reports of Corliss’ arrest is seen on the newspaper. Jimmy is recovering and Perry welcomes Clark back to work.

Action Comics (1938)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

In the early days of comics books, it was not the convention to name comics after specific characters. Rather comics bore generic names such as this one. Although this series featured Superman throughout, it thus bore this name, one which it has become famous for (and the name was kept after the launch of The New 52.) It was the fourth DC Comics title, and the first new one produced after Detective Comics spread beyond the one title (this was after it purchased More Fun Comics and New Adventure Comics.)

Starring: Lex Luthor (starting #890) until #900.

Second Feature: Captain Atom (#879-#889), Superboy (#892), Jimmy Olsen (#893-#896)

(Issues #601-642 are filed under Action Comics Weekly)

Collected EditionsSuperman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane vol. 1 (#539-541, 545, 546 & #551-554)Superman vs. Darkseid (#586)They Saved Luthor's Brain (#600, #668, #670-673, #676-678 )Panic in the Sky (#674-675)Death of Superman (#683-684)World Without Superman (#685-686)Superman: Funeral For A Friend (#685-686)Superman: Reign of the Supermen (#687-688)The Trial of Superman (#716-717)Transformed! (#729 & 732)DC Comics Presents: Superman #4 (#768, #771-773)Superman: Emperor Joker (#769-770)President Lex (#773)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book One (#780-781)Superman: Our Worlds At War, Book Two (#782)Superman: Ending Battle (#795-796)DC Comics Presents: Superman #2 (#798)Godfall (Action Comics #812- 813, Adventures of Superman #625- 626 and Superman #202- 203)Superman: The Wrath of Gog (#814-819; backups #812-813)Superman: Sacrifice (Action Comics #829, Superman #218-220, Adventures of Superman #642-643 and Wonder Woman #219-220)Superman: Up, Up and Away! (#837-840)Superman: Back In Action (#841-843, plus stories from DC Comics Presents #4, #17 and #24)Superman: Last Son (#844-846, #851 and Action Comics Annual #11)The Third Kryptonian (Superman #668-670, Action Comics #847, Superman Annual #13)Redemption (Superman #659&666, Action Comics #848-849)3-2-1 Action (Superman #665, Action Comics #852-854, Legends of the DC Universe #14)Superman: Escape From Bizarro World (#855-857)Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes (#858-863)Superman: Brainiac (#866-870)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 1 (#871)Superman: New Krypton Vol. 2 (#872-873)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 1 (#875-879 and Action Comics Annual #12)Superman: Codename Patriot (#880)Superman: Nightwing And Flamebird Vol. 2 (#883-889, Superman #696 and Adventure Comics #8-10)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 1 (#890-895)Superman: The Black Ring Vol. 2 (#896-900; Action Comics Annual #13; Secret Six #29)Secret Six: Caution To the Wind (#897)Superman: Reign of Doomsday (#900-904)For Post-Flashpoint refer to Action Comics (Vol. 2)

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