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ACTION COMICS #599 April 1988 [75¢] Cover Credit: John Byrne (pencils, inks; signed)

Story: "Element 126" (22 Pages)

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script, pencils, figure inks); Russ Andru (pencils); Keith Williams (background inks); John Costanza (letters); Petra Scotese (colors); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (last in Adventures of Superman #439)

Guest Stars: Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Platinum, Tin (as the Metal Men; all six also in flashback in between #590 and preceding main story; all six next Justice League Europe #11)

Villains: Lex Luthor (last in issue #597; next in Adventures of Superman #440); Doctor Tinker (first appearance; also in flashback preceding main story; dies); Miss Markham (first appearance; a LexCorp employee)

Guest Appearance: Will Magnus (last in issue #590; next in Invasion! #3)

DC Bonus Book No. 1: "The Karma Baggers" (14 Pages)

Credits: Joe Calchi (plot, script); Britt Wisenbaker (pencils); James Scott (inks); Dan McKinnon (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character: Jimmy Olsen

Guest Star: Superman

Supporting Characters: Perry White, Lois Lane

Villains: Gallus Kon Akkqqus (Putham Tane; head of the White Legion and a former sci-fi magazine writer and part-time treasure hunter), the White Legion (first appearance); General Mead, Dr. Gustavo (first appearance of both)

Other Characters: Rondo (Ronald D. Harris; a rock star and old friend of Jimmy's; in flashback), Delia Banning (a soap opera queen), Marty Scavone (a mystery yarn writer), Col. John Mahoney (an astronaut, war hero, and shuttle commander), Nima Demostedes (first appearance of all; members of the Brethren of Gallus); The Brethren of Gallus (first appearance; an enterprise headed by Putham Tane)