Action Comics Vol 1 549

"Superman Meets the Zod Squad!": The Phantom Zoners hatch a plan to destroy both the Vrang invaders and Superman himself.

Action Comics #549 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1983.

Appearing in "Superman Meets the Zod Squad!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Perry White
• Jimmy Olsen
• Lana Lang
• Lois Lane
• House of El
  • Jor-El (Mentioned only)

Antagonists:

• Phantom Zoners
  • General Zod
  • Faora Hu-Ul
    • (also disguised as Mrs. Simpson from Action Comics #548)
  • Jax-Ur
    • (revealed to be the Commandant from Action Comics #548)
  • Murkk (Final appearance; dies)
  • Tyb-Ol (Final appearance; dies)
  • Professor Va-Kox (Splash Page)
  • Four Criminals (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Amos? or Mick? (from Action Comics #548) (Splash Page)
• Two Muggers
  • Snake (Single appearance)
  • Mugger (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
• Vrangs
  • Sire (Unnamed) (Final appearance; dies)
  • Bujy (Only appearance; dies)
  • Lylk (Unnamed) (Final appearance; dies)
  • One Member (Unnamed) (Only appearance; dies)
  • Six Members (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (from Superman #176 and Krypton Chronicles #2) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Strike-Back Inc. (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #548)
• Taxi Cab Driver (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• The White Wildcats (Final appearance)
  • Sonny Chilwa (Final appearance)
  • Four Members (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Final appearance)
  • Two Members (Spash Page)
• Four School Children (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Larry Holmes (Mentioned only)
• Rao (Mentioned only)
• Kryptonians (Flashback only)
  • Val-Lor (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only) (from Superman #176 and Krypton Chronicles #2)
  • Eight Slaves (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (from Superman #176 and Krypton Chronicles #2) (Single appearance)
• Supergirl (Mentioned only)
• Nyttra (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Space
  • Phantom Zone
  • Krypton (Flashback only) (Kryptonian year 6819 over three millennia ago)
    • Jewel Mountains (Flashback only) (from Superman #176 and Krypton Chronicles #2)
  • The Moon
  • Earth
    • Metropolis
      • Galaxy Communications Building
      • Metropolis Park
      • Dunbar Warehouse
      • Skid-Row Section

Items:

• Rocket-Packs (Spash Page)
• Neutalizers (called Star Wars props)
• Oath of Hadrad (Mentioned only)
• Four Alert-Code Devices
• Nullo-Beams
• Jewel Kryptonite (Destroyed)

Vehicles:

• Vrang's Spacecrafts (Flashback and main story) (Destroyed)
  • Teleportational Barrage
  • Moto-Dispersal (defensive wave one)
  • Staxic-Rings (defensive wave two)
  • (Unnamed) (defensive wave three) (killed Murkk and Tyb-Ol)

Concepts:

• Horu-Kanu (Mentioned only)
  
  

Synopsis for "Superman Meets the Zod Squad!"

The Phantom Zoners hatch a plan to destroy both the Vrang invaders and Superman himself.

Notes

• This issue was scheduled to be released on August 25, 1983.
• Pablo Marcos credited as the inker for the splash page.

Trivia

• The splash page featuring a mugger and two members of the White Wildcats is different from the way the events actually occurred in Action Comics #548.

See Also

• Discuss Action Comics Vol 1 549 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 549

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