Superman Comics Index (1938-1986)


1978

  • Superman #319 (January)
    "How to Make a Marshland Monster!" - The Parasite's Solomon Grundy - Part 1 of 4.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    The Parasite returns. From the protoplasm left by Earth 2's Grundy, he creates a new Solomon Grundy in Metropolis' sewers to destroy Superman and plots the theft of a top secret U. S. weapon.

  • Action Comics #479 (January)
    "The Giant from the Golden Atom!"
    Gerry Conway; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    A want to be scientist from a subatomic world enlarges himself into Metropolis and wrecks havoc trying to get back. Superman manages to defeat this invisible invader and send him home.

  • Superman #320 (February)
    "The Absolute-Power Play of the Parasite!" - The Parasite's Solomon Grundy - Part 2 of 4.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Parasite secretly hits Superman with a ray to increase his power, after Superman halts Grundy and departs to stop an attack on government property. Superman succeeds and then attacks the secret installation.

  • Action Comics #480 (February)
    "Amazo's Big Breakthrough!" - Amazo and the Red Sun Radiation - Part 1 of 4.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Radiation from a Red Sun that has gone nova has reached Earth waking Amazo and weakening Superman. Amazo transports the Justice League to another dimension ans intends to kill Superman and Prof. Ives.

  • Superman #321 (March)
    Too Strong to Survive! - The Parasite's Solomon Grundy - Part 3 of 4.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Loosing control of his increased powers and emotions, Superman discovers the cause in a dream. He confronts Parasite and learns he is ransoming Metropolis and has drained Superman's powers.

  • Action Comics #481 (March)
    "It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . It's Supermobile!" - Amazo and the Red Sun Radiation - Part 2 of 4. Introduction of the Supermobile.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    After escaping with Ivo via teleporter, Superman uses his Supermobile to battle Amazo to a stalemate, but Amazo threatens to kill one of Superman's friends unless Ivo is turned over.

  • Superman #322 (April)
    "Laser War over Metropolis!" - The Parasite's Solomon Grundy - Part 4 of 4.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman discovers the key to the Parasite's manipulations of his powers and defeats him with the aid of Solomon Grundy. Grundy is deposited on a planet where he can fly.

  • Action Comics #482 (April)
    "This is a Job for Supermobile!" - Amazo and the Red Sun Radiation - Part 3 of 4.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman uses the Supermobile to rescue Lois from Amazo. Amazo's pursuit forces them into hyper-space, sending them 5 days forward in time, when the red sun radiation is gone. Amazo pursues the again super Superman.

  • Superman #323 (May)
    "The Man with the Self-Destruct Mind!" - Attack of the Atomic Skull - Part 1 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Dan Adkins
    Dr. Michaels returns as the Atomic Skull and kidnaps Dr. Klyburn. In attempting to rescue her Superman unknowingly aids the Skull in launching a rocket that will contaminate the atmosphere with Kryptonite and Titano will kill Superman.

  • Action Comics #483 (May)
    Sleep No More! - Amazo and the Red Sun Radiation - Part 4 of 4.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Upon returning to Earth Superman learns that the Red radiation has caused a gas that is preventing sleep. The Justice League combines will power to escape and help defeat Amazo, whose inert body absorbs the gas.

  • Superman #324 (June)
    Beware the Eyes that Paralyze! - Attack of the Atomic Skull - Part 2 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman defeats Titano by freeing him from the Atomic Skull's telepathic control and prevents the poisoning of the atmoshere with Kryptonite.

  • Action Comics #484 (June)
    "Superman Takes a Wife!" - Earth 2 Story.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Joe Giella
    The Superman of Earth 2 falls to an attack by Col. Future and the Wizard that robs him of his Superman identity. Clark and Lois fall in love and marry. Lois helps Clark find his Superman self again.

  • Superman #325 (July)
    "The Super, Sellout of Metropolis!" - Superman UBC Spokesman - Part 1 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman begins using graffiti to attack GBS during blackouts. Dr. Silverstone of UBC takes control of Superman by using Blackrock and is going to force him to reveal his identity on the network.

  • Action Comics #485 (July)
    The Experiment that Backfired on Superman! - Flashback Story.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Josef Rubinstein
    While unconscious, Superman recalls his first adventure following the transformation of all Kryptonite into iron. He recovers and apprehends his attackers.

  • Superman #326 (August)
    "A Million Dollars a Minute!" - Superman UBC Spokesman - Part 2 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman defeats the artificial Blackrock and protects his secret. A being, who knows Superman's breaks into Clark's apartment to steal a teleported confiscated from the Atomic Skull and captures him.

  • Action Comics #486 (August)
    "Superman's Time-Killing Trip!" - Backup story: The Secret Life of Lex Luthor: Hero for a Day - ?
    Gerry Conway; George Tuska & Vince Colletta
    Superman takes a trip into the future to find the Earth run by a race of half breed Terran-Rigellian that oppresses the original races under a red sun. Lex Luthor escapes prison to deliver a gift to his nephew.

  • DC Comics Presents #1 (August)
    Chase to the End of Time! - Race Across Time - Part 1 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Dan Adkins
    Superman and the Flash are captured by aliens involved in a Civil War. One group wants Flash to travel in time to prevent it or Earth will die and the other wants Superman to preserve it or he will never be. Flash is attacked by the Reverse Flash.

  • Superman #327 (September)
    The Sandstorm that Swallowed Metropolis! - Backup story: Mr. & Mrs. Superman: Two Can Die as Cheaply as One
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Kobra has learned Superman's secret identity and holds the Kent's captive to get Superman's assistance to retrieve nerve gas. Superman returns the Kents and stops Kobra, but he escapes. On Earth 2 Col. Future's men try to kill Clark.

  • Action Comics #487 (September)
    Super-Origin of Microwave Man! - The Microwave-Man - Part 1 of 2. Backup story: The Atom: "Miniature War of the Bat-Knights!"
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Microwave Man, a super villain from the 1930s, returns to Earth after a 40 absence with aliens. He is rejuvenated and intends to return to life as Microwave Man. The Atom and his fiance battle the Bat-Knights.

  • Superman #328 (October)
    "Attack of the Kryptonoid!" - Attack of the Kryptonoid - Part 1 of 2. Backup story: The Private Life of Clark Kent: Clark Kent, How would you Like to Meet your Real Father?"
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    A Krptonian organism, ejected into space by Jor-El years before Krypton's destruction, arrives on Earth and bond with a General with a vendetta against Superman. Clark helps reunite a kidnap victim and his father.

  • Action Comics #488 (October)
    "Superman Battles Microwave Man!" - The Microwave-Man - Part 2 of 2. Backup story: Air Wave: "A Close Shave for Air Wave!"
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Microwave Man lures Superman into battle and passes away after he believes he has beaten Superman. The aliens, who informed Superman that the rejuvination was for a limited time take Microwave Man's body.

  • DC Comics Presents #2 (October)
    Race to the End of Time! - Race Across Time - Part 2 of 2.
    Martin Pasko; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Dan Adkins
    Superman frees Flash from the Reverse Flash and secretly informs him of their dilemma. They manage to capture the alien traveler and travel around time to the present and evict the aliens from the solar system.

  • Superman #329 (November)
    I Have Met the Enemy - and it is Me! - Attack of the Kryptonoid - Part 2 of 2. Backup story: Mr. & Mrs. Superman: Secret of the Talking Car
    Martin Pasko; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman diverts the Kryptonoid's attention by revealing that a Superman Robot was what caused General Derwent's injury and freezes it in helium. On Earth 2, Superman must recover the Kent's stolen new car or his secret may get out.

  • Action Comics #489 (November)
    "Krypton Dies Again!" - Krypton Dies Again! - Part 1 of 3. Backup story: The Atom: "Where there's a Will . . . There's a Fray!"
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    The world mourns and watches as the light from Krypton's destruction finally reaches Earth. Superman answers a challenge from Brainiac and during the battle in space is exposed to the blinding light of Krypton's explosion.

  • DC Comics Presents #3 (November)
    "The Riddle of Little Earth Lost"
    David Michelinie; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
    Kaskor, a former dictator of the planet Rann, tampers with Adam Strange's Zeta Experiment and causes Earth and Rann to switch places. When the switch back both planets will be destroyed unless Superman and Adam Strange can move Earth.

  • Superman #330 (December)
    "The Master Mesmerizer of Metropolis!"
    Martin Pasko & Al Schroder III; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    Superman defeats the Spellbinder, who uses hypnosis to get people to obey him. Superman discovers a combination of his glasses made with Kryptonian lenses and super-hypnosis helps alter his appearance as Clark.

  • Action Comics #490 (December)
    No Tomorrow for Superman! - Krypton Dies Again! - Part 2 of 3.
    Cary Bates; Curt Swan & Francisco Chiaramonte
    As a result of Superman's direct exposure to the blinding light of Krypton's destruction, he is forced to expel blasts of energy, which he uses constructively. At his last and largest, Brianiac aims him at the Justice League's satellite.

  • DC Comics Presents #4 (December)
    Sun-Stroke!
    Len Wein; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
    Superman and the Metal Men join forces to stop I. Q. and Chemo from accidentally causing the sun to go nova, destroying the Earth.


Superman Comics Index (1938-1986)

Introduction

Ultimately we would like to be able to list for you the entire run of Superman comics from 1938 through to 1986, an era of comics encompassing the Golden Age, through the Silver Age and up to the 1986 revamp. At this point in time we only have a list of the Superman and related comics from 1976 through to 1986. A listing of the regular Superman titles before the John Byrne 1986 mini-series The Man of Steel that revamped the storyline used in the comics. For accuracy almost every entry is based upon actually looking in the issue, and not memory or another source.

This listing is done in the order for when a comicbook issue was published. Remember, the month dates are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic was on sale.

Where possible, the Writer, Penciller and Inker for each issue is listed under the Comic's Title and Date.

We also suggest DarkMark's excellent Comic Index lists.

CONTENTS:

1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980
1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986

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