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Issue Details

Issue	#563
Published	January 1985
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "You're on, Ambush Bug! The winner gets to put his name up in place of Superman's above the Action logo!"

Characters	Superman; Ambush Bug; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Jimmy Olsen (as The Blob)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Bob Oksner

8 page Ambush Bug story "Black Beauty"

Characters	Ambush Bug (Origin); Superman
Synopsis	Ambush Bug tells Superman the origin of his costume, which Supes thinks is ridiculous until he realizes it is the same as his own origin.
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Keith Giffen (plot); Robert Loren Fleming (script)
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Bob Oksner
Colors	Tony Tollin
Letters	John Costanza
Reprinted	in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #1/1992; in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

8 page Superman story "Mr. Mxyzptlk, Media Star!"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Mr. Mxyzptlk
Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Alex Saviuk
Inks	Dennis Jensen
Colors	Tony Tollin
Letters	Ben Oda

1 page letters page "Action Reaction"

Script	Bob Rozakis
Letters	typeset
Editing	Bob Rozakis

8 page Superman story "Jimmy Olsen -- Blob"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olson as the Blob; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane
Genre	superhero
Script	Craig Boldman
Pencils	Howard Bender
Inks	Pablo Marcos
Colors	Tony Tollin
Letters	Milt Snapinn