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ACTION COMICS #599
Cover Date: April 1988
Cover Price: $0.75
Publication Date: 1988-01-05
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Cover Credits:
Art: John Byrne (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne, Ross Andru |
| Inks | John Byrne, Keith Williams |
| Colors | Petra Scotese |
| Lettering | John Costanza |
| Editing | Mike Carlin |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Adventures of Superman #439)
Guest Star(s):
- Metal Men
- Gold (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
- Iron (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
- Lead (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
- Mercury (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
- Platinum (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
- Tin (also in flashback following issue #590 and preceding main story; next in Justice League Europe #11)
Villain(s):
- Lex Luthor (last in issue #597; next in Adventures of Superman #440)
- Doctor Tinker (first appearance; also in flashback preceding main story; dies)
- Miss Markham (first appearance; a LexCorp employee)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Will Magnus (last in issue #590; next in Invasion! #3)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Man of Steel #8 ([February] 2014)
- Superman: The Man of Steel #4 ([May] 2022)
Credits:
| Story | Joe Calchi |
| Pencils | Britt Wisenbaker |
| Inks | James Scott |
| Colors | Glenn Whitmore |
| Lettering | Dan McKinnon |
| Editing | Mike Carlin |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #439; next in Superman Vol. 2 #17)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (next in Superman Vol. 2 #17)
Supporting Character(s):
- Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #439; next in Superman Vol. 2 #17)
- Lois Lane (last in Adventures of Superman #439; next in Superman Vol. 2 #17)
- Cat Grant (in between Adventures of Superman #439 and #441)
Villain(s):
- Gallus Kon Akkqqus (first appearance; Putham Tane; head of the Brethren of Gallus, former sci-fi magazine writer and part-time treasure hunter)
- General Mead (first appearance)
- Dr. Gustavo (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- The Brethren of Gallus (first appearance; an enterprise headed by Putham Tane)
- Rondo (first appearance; Ronald D. Harris; a rock star and old friend of Jimmy's; in flashback)
- Delia Banning (first appearance; a soap opera queen)
- Marty Scavone (first appearance; a mystery yarn writer)
- Col. John J. Mahoney (first appearance; an astronaut, war hero, and shuttle commander)
- Nina Demostedes (first appearance)