Action Comics 1938 #598 Direct ed. - back issue - $8.00

Superman and Checkmate take out the terrorists who have captured Lois Lane.

On-sale date from DC Releases #46. Superman's hometown is misspelled "Metroplis" on the front cover of all published copies.

• Checkmate! - Intro and 1st Checkmate, the law-enforcement agency which spins off into its own book.
• - Letters from readers - Ricardo Padiua, Peter Meilaender, Neil Ahlquist, Charlie Harris, Abe Rodriguez, Kiril Kundurazief, Michael D.Z., Juan Carlos Alvarez, Todd Standish, PFC Jonathan Hook and Jody Hamby.