Action Comics Vol 1 506

"The Children's Exodus from Earth!": Superman learns that Jorlan is an android who was programmed to gather all Krypton's children and take them to safety in space. But, if he is not stopped, he will lead all Earth's children into space, where they will perish.

"The Children's Exodus from Earth!"
Cover
Action Comics Vol 1 #506
April, 1980
Executive Editor	Joe Orlando
Cover Artists	Ross Andru Dick Giordano
The Children's Exodus from Earth!
Writers	Cary Bates
Pencilers	Curt Swan
Inkers	Frank Chiaramonte
Colorists	Adrienne Roy
Letterers	Ben Oda
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
Previous Issue	Action Comics # 505
Next Issue	Action Comics # 507

You desperately need me, Superman! How many different ways can I say it? Jorlan is my creation... and only together can you and I defeat it! You must release me from the Phantom Zone-- now!

— Orn-Zu

Action Comics #506 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1980.

Synopsis for "The Children's Exodus from Earth!"

Superman learns that Jorlan is an android who was programmed to gather all Krypton's children and take them to safety in space. But, if he is not stopped, he will lead all Earth's children into space, where they will perish.

Appearing in "The Children's Exodus from Earth!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman (also appears as Superboy)

Supporting Characters:

• Lana Lang
• House of El
  • Jor-El (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Jorlan (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Final appearance) (Destroyed) (Origin)

Other Characters:

• WGBS Employees
  • Cameraman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Man (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Citizens of Metropolis
  • Children (Unnamed)
• Marpleville Elementary School Students (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #505)
• Metropolis Police Department
• Muppet (Mentioned only)
• Pied Piper (Mentioned only)
• Kryptonians
  • Kryptonian Science Council (Flashback only)
    • Five Members (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
  • Children (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
  • Two Laser Cannon Operators (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Phantom Zone Projector Operator (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
• Phantom Zoners
  • Orn-Zu (Flashback and main story) (Final appearance; dies) (Origin)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• 30th Century (Mentioned only)
• Phantom Zone (Flashback and main story) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Space
  • Rao (Also in a vision) and (Flashback only)
    • Krypton (Also in a vision) and (Flashback only)
      • Kryptonopolis (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
        • Playground
  • Earth
    • Metropolis
      • Metro-Island Amusement Park
    • Marpleville (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #505)
      • Marpleville Elementary School (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #505)
    • Smallville (Mentioned only)
    • Arctic Circle
      • Fortress of Solitude
• Timestream

Items:

• Phantom Zone-Viewer (Unnamed)
• Superman's Orbiting Satellite Monitors (Mentioned only)
• Laser Cannon (Flashback only)
• Phantom Zone Projector (Flashback and main story)
• Pythagra Fever
• Virus X (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

• Kryptonian Rocket (Mentioned only) in (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Time Travel
  

Notes

• Orn-Zu died from Pythagra Fever.

Trivia

• Like Jor-El, Orn-Zu also predicted the destruction of Krypton but was scoffed at by the Kryptonian Science Council.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 506