Action Comics by Cary Bates and Curt Swan in issue #432 (February 1974). Issues #437 (July 1974) and #443 (Jan. 1975) of the series were in the 100 Page Super Spectacular format. Martin Pasko wrote issue #500 (October 1979) which featured a history of the Superman canon as it existed at the time and was published in the Dollar Comics format. The superheroine Vixen made her first appearance in "Action Comics" #521 (July 1981). To mark the 45th anniversary of the series, Lex Luthor and Brainiac were both given an updated appearance in issue #544 (June 1983). Lex Luthor dons his war
Action of 2 May 1654 Action of 2 May 1654 Action of 2 May 1654 was a sea battle which took place near Colombo, Ceylon, when a force of 11 Dutch ships defeated 3 Portuguese galleons, which ran aground and were burnt near Carmona, north of Cabo de Rama. On about 4 May "Zijdeworm" was burnt as a fireship near Karwar, and on 6 May the Portuguese galleon "Nazareth" was burnt near Hanovar. This removed a significant proportion of Portuguese ships in the Indian Ocean area. The first 7 ships dealt with "Santo António de Mazagão" and the rest with "São João Pérola". Guns are