Action Comics #581 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1986.
Synopsis for "Superman for a Day!"
Superman discovers that a boy with great ESP potential has melded with his mind.
Appearing in "Superman for a Day!"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (also) (In dream sequence only)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Olsen (Cameo)
- Lois Lane
Antagonists:
- Three Aliens (Unnamed) (In dream sequence only) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed)
- Metropolis Police Department (Cameo)
- Mark Traynor (also) (In dream sequence only) (Single appearance)
- Mrs. Traynor (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Yacht Passengers
- Lady (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Two Men (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Phil (Daily Planet Employee) (Behind the scenes) (Single appearance)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Nurse (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Doctor Yarnell (Single appearance)
- Female Doctor (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Male Doctor (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Technician (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Taxi Cab Driver (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Metropolis (Destroyed) in (In dream sequence only)
- Metropolis Pier (Unnamed)
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Storeroom
- City Room (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Atlantic Ocean (81 miles out to sea) (Unnamed)
- North Pole
Items:
- Fortress of Solitude Key
- Super-Computer
- Extermination Pod (In dream sequence only)
Vehicles:
- Yacht (In ruins)
- Alien Spacecraft (In dream sequence only)
Synopsis for "Even a Superman Needs a Lawyer!"
While doing business with his lawyer, Superman brings in a gang of bank robbers.
Appearing in "Even a Superman Needs a Lawyer!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Ten Bank Robbers (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed)
- Metropolis Police Department (Cameo)
- Douglas Giddings (Superman's attorney) (Single appearance)
- Galaxy Communications (Mentioned only)
- Genevieve Street Committee (Mentioned only)
- Antaeus Home Gymnasium Company (Mentioned only)
- Green Arrow vs. Potomac Sporting Equipment
- Green Arrow (Mentioned only)
- Potomac Sporting Equipment (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Mentioned only)
- Female Hostage (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Bank Manager (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- ACLU (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Wallingford Tower
- Offices of Peekskill, Giddings & Hank
- South Metropolis Savings and Loans Co.
- Wallingford Tower
- China (Mentioned only)
- Austria
- Vienna (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Gidding's Signal Watch
- Thermo-Targeting Weapon
- Thermo-Targeting Device
- Field Cannon (Destroyed)
- Superman's 1040 Tax Form
Vehicles:
- Van (In ruins)
- Shipping Truck (In ruins)
- Giddings' Motorcycle Kato
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
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