Comic Title: Action Comics #599
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1988
On Sale Date: January 5, 1988 Shipping Date January 5, 1988
Source: DC Releases, #47

Shipping Date January 5, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #132

Newsstand Date January 28, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #132

Copyright Date January 5, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
Contains Bonus Book #1

Title: "The Karma Baggers"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Joe Calchi
Penciller: Britt Wisenbaker
Inker: James Scott
Letterer: Dan McKinnon
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #599; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #439; next appearance in Superman #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #439; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Perry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #439; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Catherine Grant (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #439; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #441)

Villain(s)

• Putnam Tane (a cult leader; no further appearances)
• Dr. Gustavo and Tane's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Rondald D. "Rondo" Harris (in flashback; a rock star; no further appearances)
• Nina Demostedes (daughter of Tane's former partner; no further appearances)
• Colonel John J. Mahoney (an astronaut; no further appearances)
• Delia Banning and Marty Scavone (cult members; no further appearances)
• Pinero (a police detective; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is presented as Bonus Book #1, the first in a program designed to showcase the work of promising newcomers.

Synopsis:
After the death of his friend, rock star Rondo Harris, Jimmy Olsen goes to Florida to investigate New Aphelionia the home of the Brethren of Gallus, a group to whom Harris willed all his money. Jimmy discovers a cult run by Putnam Tane who is hypnotizing and brainwashing its members.

Jimmy and Nina Demostedes, the daughter of Tane's dead partner, are both caught. Jimmy uses his signal watch, but Superman doesn't respond. He still manages to escape in a stolen plane piloted by astronaut Colonel Mahoney, who is one of Tane's other victims. Once in the air Jimmy's boosts the power of his signal watch, and Superman comes to the rescue. However, Mahoney receives credit for exposing Tane's operation.