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Action Comics Vol 1 434

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"Superman: "The Krypton Connection!"": Dr. Xadu and his wife, Erndine Ze-Da, masquerade as a dentist and his nurse, trick Clark Kent into eating a candy that gives him a super-toothache, and, once he is in their dentist's

Quote1 Must admit it's incidents like these that remind me of how dumb it was for me ever to suspect Clark is secretly Superman! How could the mightiest man on Earth be knocked for a loop by candy? Quote2
— Lois Lane

Action Comics #434 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1974.

Synopsis for Superman: "The Krypton Connection!"

Dr. Xadu and his wife, Erndine Ze-Da, masquerade as a dentist and his nurse, trick Clark Kent into eating a candy that gives him a super-toothache, and, once he is in their dentist's chair, brainwash him into wanting to destroy the world.

Appearing in Superman: "The Krypton Connection!"

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Synopsis for Green Arrow and Black Canary: "Zatanna's Double Identity!"

Dinah Lance and Oliver Queen are surprised when Zatanna the magician bursts into Ollie's office, kisses him passionately, and acts as though she is in love with him. Dinah angrily stomps out, and Ollie, deducing that Zatanna is under a magic spell, has her come with him to a demonstration of a bank's new burglar alarm system. When crooks show up to attempt to rob the bank, he becomes Green Arrow and battles them, and Zatanna fights them initially with Black Canary-style judo tricks, then with a magic spell that snaps her out of her "Canary" personality.

Afterwards, Zatanna tells Green Arrow that, in an earlier case, she had cast a spell to give her the Black Canary's fighting skills, but wound up getting Dinah's personality as well...and fell for Oliver Queen. After Zatanna leaves Oliver's office, the Black Canary kicks in the door, ready for a brawl with the sorceress, but Green Arrow explains what took place, and Dinah is mollified.

Appearing in Green Arrow and Black Canary: "Zatanna's Double Identity!"

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  • The Superman story is continued in the next issue. The "hanger-on with the chocolate fudge shop" was from Action Comics #424.
  • "Zatanna's Double Identity!" is reprinted in Green Arrow/Black Canary: For Better or Worse.
    • The printed credits read that story was written by Elliot S. Maggin "with help from Allen, Sal, Neal, and Joanne".



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