Comic Title: Action Comics #437
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1974
On Sale Date: April 30, 1974 Newsstand Date April 30, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #105

Copyright Date April 30, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Sea Devils Vs. the Octopus Man"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Sea Devils (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Russ Heath

Reprinted From:
Sea Devils #1 (1961)

Feature Character(s)

• Sea Devils (last appearance in Showcase #29; next appearance in Sea Devils #1)
• Dane Dorrance (last appearance in Showcase #29; next appearance in Sea Devils #1)
• Biff Bailey (last appearance in Showcase #29; next appearance in Sea Devils #1)
• Judy Walton (last appearance in Showcase #29; next appearance in Sea Devils #1)
• Nicky Walton (last appearance in Showcase #29; next appearance in Sea Devils #1)

Villain(s)

• The Octopus Man (an undersea monster; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Wendal Wales (a movie producer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Sea Devils are hired to star in a movie, the Octopus Man, for producer, Wendal Wales. The first day of filming, the Sea Devils are surprised by a mechanical Octopus Man. Wales has decided to go without a script and throw surprises at the team instead. After nearly gettting killed by a shark, the Sea Devils finish filming for the day.

The next day, the Sea Devils encounter the mechanical robot on the bottom of the ocean. However, another Octopus Man with a real octopus on a leash shows up and attacks. Using a huge sword, the new monster slices the mechanical man to bits. The Sea Devils then realize it is not a robot, but rather a real Octopus Man. They manage to escape the grasp of the octopus, and lure the creature to a graveyard of ships. It then falls into some underwater quicksand, which buries the creature.