Action Comics #431 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1974.
Synopsis for Superman: "The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!"
Clark Kent is forced to reveal his Superman identity to the others on the bus when the Quakerer unmasks himself as Jonathan Slaughter. But, after he defeats the villain and gets himself and his friends back to the 20th Century, Batman helps Superman conceal his identity again, along with some help from a hypnotic device.
Appearing in Superman: "The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman/Clark Kent (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Batman (Also appears in disguise as "Martin Thorpe")
- Jonathan Slaughter (Flashback and main story)
- May Marigold (Flashback and main story)
- Nathan Warbow (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Quakerer/Martin Thorpe (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- April Marigold (Mentioned only)
- Prehistoric humans
- A Woolly mammoth
Locations:
- 1973 (Flashback and main story)
- 420th Century (Mentioned only)
- Prehistoric Era (Flashback and main story)
- Timestream
Items:
Vehicles:
- Metropolis City Bus (Flashback and main story)
Concepts:
Synopsis for Green Arrow: "The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!"
Oliver Queen has his pocket picked on the way to paying his rent, and, retracing his steps to try and find it, runs into a robbery scene in front of a museum. He switches to his Green Arrow identity and takes down a ring of thieves before they can steal the rare and valuable fragments of an ancient Greek amphora. While at the police station after taking in the crooks, Green Arrow sees the pickpocket who robbed him being brought in by a beat cop. He is able to identify the envelope of money that was lifted from him, and thus is finally able to pay his rent.
Appearing in Green Arrow: "The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!"
Featured Characters:
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Harper and other thieves (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dinah Lance (Mentioned only)
- Hawkman (Mentioned only)
- Ralston Thomas (A museum curator) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
- Star City Police Department (Flashback only)
- Wassily Kandinsky (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Star City
- An art museum
- Oliver Queen Enterprises
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- "The Monster Who Unmasked Superman!" was continued from the previous issue.
- "The Case of the Runaway Shoebox!" was reprinted on Detective Comics #555.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Green Arrow Recommended Reading
- More Fun Comics (Volume 1): More Fun Comics #73–107
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1): Adventure Comics #246–269
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1): Detective Comics #521–567
- Green Lantern (Volume 2): Green Lantern (Volume 2) #76–124
- The Flash (Volume 1): The Flash #217–219
- Green Arrow (Volume 1)
- Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (Volume 1)
- Green Arrow (Volume 2)
- Green Arrow: The Wonder Year (Volume 1)
- Green Arrow (Volume 3)
- Black Canary (Volume 3)
- Green Arrow and Black Canary (Volume 1)
- Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood (Volume 1)
- Justice League: Rise and Fall
- Green Arrow (Volume 4)
- Green Arrow (Volume 5)
- Green Arrow (Volume 6)
- Event Leviathan
- Justice League (Volume 4) #59-75
- Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Arrow
- Green Arrow (Volume 7)
- Green Arrow: Year One (Volume 1)
- Black Canary (Volume 1)
- Black Canary (Volume 2)