Action Comics Vol 1 577

"Caitiff: First of the Vampires!": Superman encounters Caitiff, supposedly the first vampire, who is now stalking Metropolis.

"Caitiff: First of the Vampires!"
Cover
Action Comics Vol 1 #577
March, 1986
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Keith Giffen Karl Kesel
Caitiff: First of the Vampires!
Writers	Keith Giffen Robert Loren Fleming
Pencilers	Keith Giffen
Inkers	Bob Oksner
Colourists	Gene D'Angelo
Letterers	Milt Snapinn
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
Previous Issue	Action Comics # 576
Next Issue	Action Comics # 578

This one is undone! Undone! In times long past, wooden stakes have I faced! Wooden stakes! Silver bullets this one has withstood! Silver bullets! And garlic most foul! Most foul! Yet never in centuries of life has this one encountered such menace as this! Never!!

— Caitiff

Action Comics #577 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1986. It was published on December 26, 1985.

Synopsis for "Caitiff: First of the Vampires!"

Superman encounters Caitiff, supposedly the first vampire, who is now stalking Metropolis.

Appearing in "Caitiff: First of the Vampires!"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Morgan Edge (Cameo)
• Lana Lang (Cameo)
• Josh Coyle
• Lois Lane (Mentioned only)

Antagonists:

• Vampires (Mentioned only)
  • Caitiff (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• WGBS Field Reporter (Unnamed) (On a TV or computer screen) (Behind the scenes)
• Metropolis Center for Disease Control
  • Dr. Melmak (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Les (security guard) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Chester (security guard) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Sam Petronio (Only appearance; dies)
  • Two Doctors (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Batman (Mentioned only)
• Thirteen WGBS Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
• Skeletal Remains

Locations:

• Middle Ages (Mentioned only)
• 20th Century (Mentioned only)
• Space (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  • Krypton (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
  • Earth
    • Metropolis
      • Metropolis Center for Disease Control
        • Room 218
      • Galaxy Communications Building
        • Morgan Edge's Office
        • Storeroom
        • WGBS Studios
        • Control Room
      • 72 Stoker Avenue (Sam Petronio's address) (Mentioned only)
      • Metropolis Sewer System
        • Caitiff's Hidden Lair
    • Gotham City (Cameo)
      • Gotham General Hospital (Cameo)
        • Intensive Care Unit (Cameo)
    • North Pole
      • Fortress of Solitude

Items:

• Super-Computer (Unnamed)

Vehicles:

• Kryptonian Rocket (Cameo) (Flashback only)
  

Notes

• Beginning with this issue, the Action Comics series starts a short period where the Superman of Earth-One (and all his supporting characters and villains) exist on the post-Crisis New Earth. This period ends when the effects of the Crisis "catches up" with Superman (et al) in The Man of Steel #1.
  • It is unclear why the Crisis did not affect Superman immediately.At the time there were were several powerful beings who were trying to delay, reverse or control the effects of Crisis (including Mekanique, Aphrodite and the Infinite Man), and perhaps this was a side-effect.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 577

Recommended Reading

• Superman Recommended Reading
  • Action Comics (Volume 1)
  • Action Comics (Volume 2)
  • Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
  • Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
  • Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
  • DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
  • Superman (Volume 1)
  • Superman (Volume 2)
  • Superman (Volume 3)
  • Superman (Volume 4)
  • Superman (Volume 5)
  • Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
  • Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
  • Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
  • Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
  • Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
  • World's Finest (Volume 1)