Comic Title: Action Comics #600
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1988
On Sale Date: February 2, 1988 Shipping Date February 2, 1988
Source: DC Releases, #48

Shipping Date February 2, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #135

Copyright Date February 2, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date February 25, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #135

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $2.50
Page Count: 80
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Friend in Need"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Plotter: John L. Byrne
Scripter: Roger Stern
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 8 TPB (2014)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 4 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #600; next appearance in Action Comics #600)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman:The Earth Stealers #1; next appearance in Superman #19)

Comments:
This story continues in the fifth story of Action Comics #600.

Synopsis:
A call from Jimmy's signal watch brings Superman to the town of Millersburg where a tanker truck carrying corrosive toxic waste has sprung a leak and caught fire. Superman puts out the fire and plugs the leak, then falls over. Jimmy comes to his aid only to discover that the Man of Steel is extremely weak. Superman asks Jimmy to move him to the caves outside of town. Jimmy steals a forklift and uses it to move his friend.

When they reach the caves Jimmy carries Superman inside. The Man of Steel explains that a wave of Kryptonite radiation originating from his planet's destruction has traveled through space and is now passing the Earth. He hopes that the lead ore in the cavern walls will shield him from the deadly radiation. In his weakened condition, Superman sends Jimmy to get help preferably from the Justice League.