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Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant comic books 1984-1991

  • Issue #551
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 551

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Gil Kane. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Gil Kane. Superman: Friend or Foe? Superman must race to deliver an antidote to two dying children, battling global emergencies along the way. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #552
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 552

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Gil Kane. Written by by Marv Wolfman. Art by Gil Kane. Another Time! Another Death starring Superman; Immortal Man tells The Forgotten Heroes that they must kill Superman to destroy giant vines. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #553
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 553

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Gil Kane. Written by by Marv Wolfman. Art by Gil Kane. The World At Time's End starring Superman; Superman and The Forgotten Heroes go back in time to stop Vandal Savage from harnessing the powers of creation. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #554
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 554

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Gil Kane. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Gil Kane. If Superman Didn't Exist..., in the wake of Superman creating an alternate timeline in which he doesn't exist, two kids imagine Superman coming to life to protect them. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #555
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 555

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Written by Paul Kupperberg. Art by Curt Swan. "Reunion!" Superman and Supergirl battle that power-sapping purple pariah -- the Parasite! Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #559
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 559

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Eduardo Barreto. The Once and Future Peril, script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superman battles the Yellow Peri. A Superman of A Different Color, script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Dennis Jensen. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #560
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 560

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner. Meet John Doe, script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Dave Hunt; Superman fights an escaped convict named John Doe and gets amnesia. Police Blotter starring Ambush Bug, script by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Bob Oksner. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #563
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 563

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner. Black Beauty, script by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Bob Oksner; Ambush Bug tells Superman the origin of his costume, which is similar to his own. Mr. Mxyzptlk, Media Star! starring Superman, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Dennis Jensen. Jimmy Olsen -- Blob starring Superman, script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Howard Bender, inks by Pablo Marcos. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #565
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 565

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Keith Giffen and Bob Oksner. The Wizard City Warrior starring Superman, script by Mort Todd, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. $ellout or Manna from Mando starring Ambush Bug, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Peabody, Blotto, Ms. Mohawk, and The Cleaver, script by Keith Giffen and Robert Loren Fleming, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Bob Oksner. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #568
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 568

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. A stage magician's illusion goes haywire. Written by Elliot S! Maggin, with art by Curt Swan and Al Williamson. Also: Craig Boldman, Howard Bender and Alex Nino bring you "The Amazing Matchmaker of Metropolis." Cover by Bender and Jerry Ordway. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #569
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 569

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. A high school prank unleashes a Lois Lane monster! Written by Dennis Yee and Paul Kupperberg, with art by Irv Novick. Plus: A second story, "Casting Call," by Michael J. Wolff, with art by Howard Bender and Pablo Marcos. Cover by Bender and Bob Oksner. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #570
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 570

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Jimmy Olsen has such a big ego it decides to split away and menace him! Written by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger and Dave Hunt. Plus: A back-up tale by Craig Boldman, Howard Bender and Pablo Marcos. Cover by Eduardo Barreto. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #575
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 575

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by Eduardo Barreto. The Great Brain Robbery starring Superman, script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. Rodent on a Rampage starring Superman, script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Howard Bender, inks by Dave Hunt. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #582
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 582

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Murphy Anderson. "The Strange Rebirth of Jor-El and Lara," script by Craig Boldman, pencils by Alex Saviuk, inks by Kurt Schaffenberger; Superman discovers that the intellects of his parents Jor-El and Lara were transferred into his brain before he left Krypton. He is able to find a way to extract them and place them into new bodies, essentially bringing them back to life. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #585
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 585

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. And the Graves Give up Their Dead..., script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Dick Giordano; Superman and The Phantom Strangers team to destroy a creature created by the Serabite Stone. Meanwhile… Superman's Other Creators article by Dick Giordano about Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway. 36 pgs Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #586
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 586

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Legends Chapter 19. Orion and Lightray are sent to Apokolips to help a fallen hero in "The Champion!" Part 3 of 3, continued from Superman (1987) #3 and Adventures of Superman (1939) #426. Darkseid, Amazing Grace, Granny Goodness appearances. Written & drawn by John Byrne, embellishes by Dick Giordano. Cover by Byrne. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #588
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 588

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. All Wars Must End Part Two, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Dick Giordano; Hawkman and Hawkwoman go to Superman for help in stopping the Thangarian invasion fleet. A Shadow War tie-in, this issue continues from Hawkman #10 and continues in Hawkman #11. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #589
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 589

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. Green on Green, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Dick Giordano; Arisia finds Superman 400,000 light years from Earth, Superman then teams up with the Green Lantern Coprs. to stop a mighty foe. Gardner Fox memoriam by John Byrne. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #590
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 590

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. Better Dying Through Chemistry starring Superman and the Metal Men, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Dick Giordano; Clark Kent falls into a vat of chemicals, resulting in the birth of a new chemo. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #591
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 591

    Canadian edition with $1.00 cover price. Superman is transported to another time when he tries to catch up with Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes in "Past Imperfect." Continued from Superman (1987) #8. Concludes in Legion of Super Heroes (1984 3rd Series) #38. Time Trapper, Krypto appearances. Story, pencils & figure inks by John Byrne, background inks by Keith Williams. Cover by Byrne. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #594
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 594

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. All that Glisters starring Superman and Booster Gold, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by John Byrne and Keith Williams; Booster, mad at Superman for invading Qurac, picks a fight with him. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #596
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 596

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. Cover art by John Byrne. Hell is Where the Heart Is... starring Superman and the Spectre, script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by John Byrne and Keith Williams; in this Millenium crossover, Superman and the Spectre team to free the people of Smallville from apparent death. Cover price $0.95.

  • Issue #599
    Action Comics (1938 DC) Canadian Price Variant 599

    Canadian edition with $.95 cover price. "Element 126" What do the Metal Men have to do with Luthor's newly created Kryptonoid Man? Story & figure inks by John Byrne, pencils by Ross Andru, background inks by Keith Williams. Bonus 16-page tale: Superman & Jimmy Olsen in "The Karma Baggers" by Joe Calchi, Britt Wisenbaker & James Scott. Cover by Byrne. Cover price $1.00.