Story: "Going the Gauntlet" (23 Pages)

Credits:

Marv Wolfman (plot, script)
Jerry Ordway (pencils, inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Tom Ziuko (colors)
Andrew Helfer (edits)

Feature Character:

Superman (in flashback in between previous issue and flashback in Action Comics #584)

Supporting Characters:

Emil Hamilton (also in flashback preceding #424 and in flashback in between #424 and main story; next in #439)

Villains:

The Freedom League (in flashback following the previous issue)
Lex Luthor (in flashback in between Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #53 and Superman Vol. 2 #1)

Other Characters:

Henry Wyatt
Charles Wilkinson (first appearance of both; employees of Compucon Services; latter dies)
Madeline Wade (first appearance; a reporter of WMETV; all in flashback)