Action Comics Vol 1 552

"Another Time! Another Death!": Immortal Man, foe of Vandal Savage since ancient times, brings together several mostly-inactive heroes in the wake of Savage's causing plant organisms concealed on Superman to spring into life, causing giant vines to menace [[Metropolis]

"Another Time! Another Death!"
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Action Comics Vol 1 #552
February, 1984
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Gil Kane
Another Time! Another Death!
Writers	Marv Wolfman
Pencilers	Gil Kane
Inkers	Gil Kane
Colourists	Anthony Tollin
Letterers	Ben Oda
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
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...Superman is the cause of the disaster striking Metropolis. Indeed, the only way we can defeat the menace is to kill earth's greatest hero!

— Immortal Man

Action Comics #552 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1984.

Synopsis for "Another Time! Another Death!"

Immortal Man, foe of Vandal Savage since ancient times, brings together several mostly-inactive heroes in the wake of Savage's causing plant organisms concealed on Superman to spring into life, causing giant vines to menace Metropolis. The Forgotten Heroes have one thing in common: they all saw a great golden temple in their last exploits, knowledge of which was hushed up by the government. Now Immortal Man tells them that in order to defeat the plant menace, they must destroy Superman.

Appearing in "Another Time! Another Death!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane
• Lana Lang (Mentioned only)
• Perry White (Mentioned only)
• Jimmy Olsen
• Forgotten Heroes
  • Animal Man (Flashback and main story)
  • Dolphin (Flashback and main story)
  • Immortal Man
  • Rip Hunter (Flashback and main story)
  • Cave Carson (Flashback and main story)
  • Congorilla (Flashback and main story)
  • Congo Bill (Flashback and main story)
  • Rick Flag (Flashback and main story)
  • Dane Dorrance (Flashback and main story)
• Sea Devils (Flashback only)
  • Biff Bailey
  • Judy Walton
  • Nicky Walton
• Time Masters (Flashback and main story)
  • Bonnie Baxter
  • Corky Baxter
  • Jeff Smith

Antagonists:

• Vandal Savage (storyline continues from Action Comics #543)
  • Abraxas Employees (Unnamed)
    • Dr. Cruise (First appearance)
• Large Creature (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Cambodian Mountains)
• Bandits (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
• Giant Prehistoric Plant

Other Characters:

• Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed)
• Suicide Squad / Task Force X (Flashback only)
  • Hugh Evans
  • Jess Bright
  • Karin Grace
• Courtroom Occupants (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• U.S. Customs
  • Marlo (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  • Two Members (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Albert Einstein (Mentioned only)
• Cats
  • Cheetah (Flashback only)
• Three Men (Unnamed) (captured Dolphin) (Flashback only)
• Dinosaurs (Mentioned only)
• Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Brainiac (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Metropolis
    • Suicide Slum
      • 447 8th Avenue (Destroyed)
    • Galaxy Communications Building
    • Abraxas Inc.
    • Metropolis Park
  • California (Unnamed) (Western Coast of the United States)
    • Time Lab
  • Government Land (Unnamed) (unknown location)
    • Underground Temple (15 miles underground) (Flashback only)
  • Courtroom (unnamed location) (Flashback only)
• The Bahamas (Flashback only)
• Caribbean Sea (Flashback only)
  • Underwater Temple (Flashback only)
• Asia
  • Philippines (Cameo)
  • Cambodia (18 months ago) (Flashback only)
    • Mountain (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
      • Temple (Flashback only)
• South America
  • Brazil (Flashback only)
    • Jungles
      • Temple
• Africa
  • Country (Unnamed) (8 months ago)
    • Temple
• North Pole
  • Fortress of Solitude (Mentioned only)
• Time Stream
• 160 Millions Years Ago (Flashback only)

Items:

• Underground Temple Treaures (Flashback only)
• Kawolo's Magic Ring
• Daily Planet Newspaper

Vehicles:

• Mighty Mole (Flashback only)
• Time Sphere (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Time Travel
  

Notes

• On page 17 panel 1 Abraxas was spelled wrong on the building. It was spelled Abraxus.

Trivia

• The Suicide Squad was disbanded after they reported finding a golden temple in the mountains of Cambodia.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 552