- If this isn't a trap, then I'm Daffy Duck! But the H.I.V.E. is up to something, and I mean to find out what. Perry White, you ruined one story, but I'll get a bigger one!
- ā Lois Lane
Action Comics #533 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1982.
Synopsis for "Superman: Trackdown!"
Superman tries to stop the H.I.V.E. from threatening the world with a cloud of nuclear waste, while the criminal cabal targets Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane for murder.
Appearing in "Superman: Trackdown!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- H.I.V.E.
- High Council (Unnamed)
- Number 3
- Various Members (Unnamed)
- Alice Smith (Final appearance)
Other Characters:
- Ella Lane (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis Prisoners (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Nuclear Power Protesters (Unnamed) (Final appearance)
- Metropolis Police Department
- S.T.A.R. Labs Personnel
- Daffy Duck (Mentioned only)
- WGBS Cameraman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Rao (Mentioned only)
- Justice League of America (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Space
- The Sun
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Metropolis Prison
- Metropolis Mountain
- S.T.A.R. Labs Nuclear Reactor
- Nuclear Dome (In ruins)
- S.T.A.R. Labs Nuclear Reactor
- Lois Lane's Apartment
- H.I.V.E. Headquarters
- Control Room
- Dungeon
- Rocket Control Room
- Atlantic Ocean
- Caribbean
- Private Island (Unnamed)
- 1st H.I.V.E. Headquarters (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #513)
- Private Island (Unnamed)
- Caribbean
- Pennsylvania
- Three Mile Island (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
Items:
- Sleeping Gas Grenades
- Bazooka Guns
- Plutonium (Mentioned only)
- Nuclear Rods (Mentioned only)
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch
- Laser Guns
- Laser Cannon
- Rocket (Destroyed)
- Nuclear Waste (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- Train
- Two Police Helicopters
- H.I.V.E. Helicopters
Synopsis for "The Atom and Air Wave: Ground Zero-- Where?"
The Atom joins Air Wave and D.A. Larry Jordan to uncover a Dallas oilman's plot to blow up the nuclear physicists' convention.
Appearing in "The Atom and Air Wave: Ground Zero-- Where?"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jordan Family
- Jack Jordan
- (disguised as John Jorgenson)
- Jack Jordan
- Jean Loring (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Purse Snatchers
- Fred (Appears only as a corpse)
- Man (Unnamed) (Appears only as a corpse)
- Mr. Gladstone (last name revealed)
Other Characters:
- Curacao Police Department
- Miss Benitez (Mr. Gladestone's Secretary) (Single appearance)
- Nuclear Physicists (Mentioned only)
- Paradise Isles Desk Clerk (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- CuraƧao
- Willemstad
- Paradise Isle Hotel
- Willemstad
- Venezuela (Mentioned only)
- Caribbean Sea
- Texas
- Dallas
- Mr. Gladestone's Office
- Dallas
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
- Hades (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Two Mini-Sized Remote Control Killing Devices
- Three Bombs
Vehicles:
Notes
- Mr. G's last name was revealed to be Gladestone from the name placard on his desk.
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