Action Comics #560 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1984.
Synopsis for Superman: "Meet John Doe!"
A super-villain named "John Doe" attacks Metropolis, and Superman finds himself stricken with bouts of amnesia.
Appearing in Superman: "Meet John Doe!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang (Cameo)
- Josh Coyle (Cameo)
- Perry White
- Alice White (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- David Sykes (Single appearance)
- (also disguised as John Doe)
- Monitor (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- EPA (Mentioned only)
- Prison Guards (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- NASA (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- WGBS Employees
- Two Cameramen (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Man (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Carrroll County Police Department (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Captain (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Citizens of Carroll County (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Sally (Perry White's secretary) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Space
- Monitor's Satellite
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Galaxy Communications Building
- WGBS Studios
- Perry White's Office
- Clark Kent's Office
- Warehouse
- Downtown
- State Courthouse (In ruins)
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Upstate Metropolis
- Prison (Unnamed)
- Metropolis
- Carroll County
- Carroll County Police Headquarters (Destroyed)
- North Pole
Items:
- Fortress of Solitude Key
- Rock Collection Cabinet
- Amnesium
- Element-X
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Superman: "Police Blotter"
Ambush Bug has returned to Metropolis and opened his own super-hero for hire detective agency, this attracts Clark Kent to the office to do a report for WGBS News. Ambush Bug however sees through Clark's civilian identity and manages to reveal that Clark is really Superman. Shocked that Ambush Bug was this perceptive, the Man of Steel flees the scene.
Later, Superman has a dream about Ambush Bug's origins: About how he was a man named Irwin Schwab, who after living life as a couch potato decided to learn all he could from books after his television finally broke down. Shaving his head he would create the technology needed to become Ambush Bug. Superman wakes up, realizing it was all a dream and tires his hardest to get Ambush Bug out of his mind, with little success.
The next day Ambush Bug goes out to serve out his own bizarre sense of justice, turning over a car to the police when it's meter runs out. He later makes an appearance in Clark Kent's office and makes a mess of the place with a samurai sword. In spite of Superman's protests that he may hurt himself, Ambush Bug tells Clark that he can't kill himself because the writer of the story won't let him.
Appearing in Superman: "Police Blotter"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Ambush Bug (Origin)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Rao (Mentioned only)
- Jean Claude (Mentioned only)
- Foster Grants (Mentioned only)
- Kojak (as Kojakian) (Mentioned only)
- Derwood Denton (First appearance)
- Bud Lipschitz (Arkham State Hospital Director) (Single appearance)
- Mark David Chapman (Mentioned only)
- John Hinckley Jr. (Mentioned only)
- Ted Bundy (Mentioned only)
- James Cagney (Mentioned only)
- Joker (Mentioned only)
- PM Magazine (Mentioned only)
- Chef Tell (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis Police Department
- Sgt (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- PLO (Mentioned only)
- Yasir Arafat (Mentioned only)
- Keith Giffen (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- A. Bug Enterprises
- Metropolis Library (In dream sequence only)
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Metropolis Police Department
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Clark Kent's Office
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum
- Director Lipschitz's Office
- Arkham Asylum
Items:
- Admiral Solid-State Television (Mentioned only)
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- Superman Symbol Coffee Mug (As merchandise only)
- American Medical Journal (Mentioned only)
- Clearasil (Mentioned only)
- Ginsu (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
Concepts:
Notes
- Ambush Bug appeared last in Supergirl (Volume 2) #16. He appears next in Action Comics #563.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman (Volume 6)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Ambush Bug Recommended Reading