Ha! My "friend" Superman doesn't know it, but-- --his life has just taken a turn for the worse! 
Action Comics #578 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1986.
Synopsis for "The Most Popular Man in Metropolis!"
Superman loses his self-esteem and his public ratings drop at the same time public favor of a man named Joe Blohe increases.
Appearing in "The Most Popular Man in Metropolis!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Josh Coyle (Cameo)
- Morgan Edge (Cameo)
- Lana Lang
- Lois Lane
- Kent Family
- Jonathan Kent (In a photograph only)
- Martha Kent (In a photograph only)
Antagonists:
- Parasite (Final appearance)
- (disguised as Joe Blohe)
- Robot (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Fair
- Wrestlers
- Mauler (Cameo)
- Man (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Wrestling Crowd (Unnamed)
- Guests (Unnamed)
- Runaway Comet riders (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Wrestlers
- Voltaire Crew
- Shantz (Single appearance)
- Crew Member (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed)
- Barbara Clear (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Five Apartment Building Residents (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Three Library Occupants (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Metropolis Fire Department
- Fire Chief (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Five Members (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Daily Planet Employee (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Metropolis Police Department (Cameo)
- WGBS Studio Audience (Unnamed)
- WGBS Reporter (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- WGBS Cameraman (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Kryptonian Babootch (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- 1926 (Mentioned only)
- Space
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Metropolis Fairgrounds (Unnamed)
- Metrofest '86 (wrestling event)
- Runaway Comet (roller coaster)
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Apartment Building
- Galaxy Communications Building
- WGBS Studios
- Metropolis Public Library
- Metropolis Harbor (Unnamed)
- Metropolis Fairgrounds (Unnamed)
- Atlantic Ocean (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
Items:
- Egyptian Sarcophagus
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- Amber "Sound Proof" Pyramid
Vehicles:
- Voltaire (salvage vessel)
- Anna Marie (sunken vessel) (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This issue is set in the short period where the Superman of Earth-One (and all his supporting characters and villains) existed on the post-Crisis New Earth. This period ended when the effects of the Crisis "caught up" with Superman (et al) in The Man of Steel #1.
- This is the final appearance of the Earth-One Parasite. The revised post-Crisis Parasite makes his first appearance in Firestorm (Volume 2) #58.
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