Action Comics Vol 1 399

"Superman: "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead"": Superman is brought forth to the 24th century along with Washington, Lincoln, and Custer as part of a history class. Escaping from the observation globe Superman is told he is the second of two protoplasmic Supermen cre

Action Comics #399 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1971.

Appearing in Superman: "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Antagonists:

• Energy vampire

Other Characters:

• Abraham Lincoln
• George Custer
• George Washington
• Superman I (Dies in flashback)
• Superman II (Dies in flashback)
• Superman III (Dies in flashback)

Locations:

• Earth-One
• Earth-399
  • 24th Century

Items:

• Chrono-selector
  
  

Synopsis for Superman: "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead"

Superman is brought forth to the 24th century along with Washington, Lincoln, and Custer as part of a history class. Escaping from the observation globe Superman is told he is the second of two protoplasmic Supermen created after the original Superman was killed by an energy vampire. Superman is convinced that he must return with the others (who have also been taken from the point just before they died) to perform what is supposed to be his final mission. Superman survives and discovers that the future was that of a parallel Earth.

Appearing in Superbaby: "Superbaby's Lost World"

Featured Characters:

• Superbaby

Supporting Characters:

• Jonathan Kent
• Martha Kent

Locations:

• Smallville
  

Synopsis for Superbaby: "Superbaby's Lost World"

While at an amusement park, Superbaby loses his parents and falls into the hands of Connie and Hyde, two jewel thieves.

Notes

• "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead" was reprinted in Superman: From the 30's to the 70's, The Best of DC #12 and Superman: From the 30's to the 80's.
• Leo Dorfman is credited as Geoff Brown in this issue.
• The 24th century portion of "Superman, You're Dead... Dead... Dead" occurred on what was later named Earth-399.
• "Superbaby's Lost World" takes place when Superman was an infant.
• Superman appeared last in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane 109. He appears next in Superman #237.

Multiversal Crossover The events from this issue or series involve a Multiversal Crossover between Pre-Crisis worlds and characters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Pre-Crisis Multiverse Crossover category. See also Post-Crisis Multiverse Crossovers.

Trivia

• The cover art to Batman #434 bears many distinct similarities to that of this issue's.
• Some lists of imaginary stories include this issue, but it is not an imaginary story.

See Also

• Discuss Action Comics Vol 1 399 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 399

Recommended Reading

• Superman Family Recommended Reading
  • Action Comics (Volume 1)
  • Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
  • DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
  • Superboy (Volume 1)
  • Superboy (Volume 2)
  • Supergirl (Volume 1)
  • Supergirl (Volume 2)
  • Superman (Volume 1)
  • Superman Family (Volume 1)
  • Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1)
  • Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1)
  • World's Finest (Volume 1)

Links and References

Multiversal Crossover The events from this issue or series involve a Multiversal Crossover between Pre-Crisis worlds and characters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Pre-Crisis Multiverse Crossover category. See also Post-Crisis Multiverse Crossovers.