Action Comics #549 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1983.
Contents
Synopsis for "Superman Meets the Zod Squad!"
The Phantom Zoners hatch a plan to destroy both the Vrang invaders and Superman himself.
Appearing in "Superman Meets the Zod Squad!"
Featured Characters:
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
- Metropolis
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)
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
Links and References
- Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
- Dick Giordano/Executive Editor
- Gil Kane/Cover Artist
- Cary Bates/Writer
- Alex Saviuk/Penciler
- Vince Colletta/Inker
- Pablo Marcos/Inker
- Anthony Tollin/Colourist
- Milt Snapinn/Letterer
- Julius Schwartz/Editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell/Editor
- Faora Hu-Ul (Earth-One)/Quotes
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Perry White (Earth-One)/Appearances
- James Olsen (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Lana Lang (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Lois Lane (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Phantom Zoners/Appearances
- Dru-Zod (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Faora Hu-Ul (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Jax-Ur (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Murkk (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Tyb-Ol (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Va-Kox (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Vrangs/Appearances
- Kryptonians/Appearances
- Val-Lor (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Phantom Zone/Appearances
- Krypton/Appearances
- Jewel Mountains/Appearances
- Earth's Moon/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Daily Planet/Appearances
- Jewel Kryptonite/Appearances
- Comics
- 1983
- 1983, November
- 1983, September (Publication)
- Action Comics Vol 1
- Copper-Age
- Synopsis Written
- 1983, August (Publication)
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