Comic Title: Action Comics #486
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1978
On Sale Date: May 30, 1978 Newsstand Date May 30, 1978
Source: Comic Reader, #156

Newsstand Date May 30, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #18
For Release the week of May 30th

Copyright Date May 30, 1978
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1978

Newsstand Date May 29, 1978
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 78 #21
Listed as on sale the week of May 29th

Shipping Date May 9, 1978
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #18
Shipping the week of May 9th

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.35
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Hero for a Day"
Pages: 6

Writer: Elizabeth M. Smith
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Frank McLaughlin
Letterer: Jean Simek (Izzo)
Colorist: Jerry Serpe

Reprinted In:
Action Comics #486 [Whitman Exclusive] (1978)

Feature Character(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in DC Special Series #5; next appearance in Action Comics #500)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lena Thorul (last appearance in Superman Family #168; next appearance in Superman Family #211)

Comments:
This story features: "The Secret Life of Lex Luthor".