You will suffer the same fate, Superman-- --Unless you surrender to the Trophy-Lord the quarry you hold! 
- — Trophy-Lord
Action Comics #572 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1985. It was published on July 25, 1985.
Synopsis for Superman: "The World of Superman Masqueraders!"
Superman learns that Gollo, the chameleon creature, and his fellow Zarians have taken to living in the shape of himself or Clark Kent, which makes them a target for predators.
Appearing in Superman: "The World of Superman Masqueraders!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Flying Creature (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Trundle Beasts (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Professor Creighton (Single appearance)
- Founders' Day Parade
- Participants (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Two Elephants
- Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed)
- Zarians (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (from Action Comics #234) (Final appearance)
- (disguised as)
- Superman
- Clark Kent
- Gollo (Flashback and main story) (from Action Comics #234) (Final appearance)
- (disguised as)
Locations:
- Space
- Zar (Flashback only) (from Action Comics #234)
- Earth's Moon
- Earth
- Metropolis
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Metropolis Founders' Day Parade
- Outskirts of Metropolis
- 344 Clinton Street
- Metropolis
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Superman: "SOS from Nowhere!"
Superman rescues two creatures from an alien hunter and is rewarded by their time-traveling descendants.
Appearing in Superman: "SOS from Nowhere!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Jraka Bin Dharlok the Trophy-Lord (Single appearance)
- Two Hunters (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Two Sarikars (creatures) (Single appearance)
- Two Sarikars (Unnamed) (future descendants of the creatures) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Space
- Planet (Unnamed)
- Planetoid (Unnamed) (Destroyed)
- Earth's Moon
- Earth
- North Pole
- Fortress of Solitude
- Interplanetary Zoo
- Fortress of Solitude
- North Pole
Items:
- Portable Tape Player
- Music of the Spheres (the harmonies of the planets in rotation)
- Atmospheric Bubble
- Kryptonian Rancor Horn (Mentioned only)
- Fortress of Solitude Key
- Brainiac's Shrinking Ray
- Superman Medallion (presented to Superman from two future descendants of the two Sarikars Superman saved)
- Fortress of Solitude Trophies
- Dinosaur
- Bi-Plane
- Oceanliner
- Penguins
Vehicles:
- Trophy-Lord's Spacecraft
- Mason Pulsars
- Ion Seekers
- E.V.A. Dispatchers
Synopsis for Superman: "The Puzzle of the Purloined Fortress!"
Superman takes Jon Ross to the Fortress of Solitude for a visit and discovers that almost everything inside it has vanished.
Appearing in Superman: "The Puzzle of the Purloined Fortress!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Peter Ross (Final appearance)
- Jon Ross (Final appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Alien Pets (Cameo)
- Lex Luthor (Cameo)
- Brainiac (Cameo)
- Terra Man (Cameo)
Locations:
- Space (Flashback only)
- Milky Way (Mentioned only)
- Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Location (Unnamed)
- Ross' Residence
- North Pole
- Fortress of Solitude
- Arsenal (Mentioned only)
- Interplanetary Zoo (Mentioned only)
- Communications Room (Mentioned only)
- The Archives (Mentioned only)
- Laboratory (Mentioned only)
- Fortress of Solitude
- Location (Unnamed)
Items:
- Home Computer (gift to Jon Ross from Superman)
- Super-Computer (Flashback and main story)
- Fortress of Solitude Key (Superman formed it into a spool of wire)
- Meteor
- Lex Luthor's Warsuit (Cameo)
Vehicles:
Notes
- "Editor's Note: The events depicted in this issue's stories occurred prior to the dramatic developments now appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths."
Trivia
- In SOS from Nowhere Superman mentioned that he was turning his Interplanetary Zoo into an Interplanetary Wildlife Preserve.
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