Action Comics suit for the first time in the story "Luthor Unleashed!" and Brainiac's appearance changes from the familiar green-skinned android to the metal skeletal-like robot in the story "Rebirth!". Keith Giffen's Ambush Bug character made appearances in issues #560, #563, and #565. "Action Comics" #579, written by Jean-Marc Lofficier and drawn by Giffen, featured an homage to Asterix where Superman and Jimmy Olsen are drawn back in time to a small village of indomitable Gauls. Schwartz ended his run as editor of the series with issue #583 (September 1986) which featured the second part of the "" story by Alan Moore
Action Lab Comics line, which includes individual numbering and hand-signatures for each copy. Action Lab also announced at this time that it had taken over the publication of the series "Jack Hammer", written by Brandon Barrows with art by Ionic, from the small-press publisher Reasonably Priced Comics, and that it would be part of the "Signature Series". Action Lab recently partnered with the NFL to release "NFL Rush Zone" , a line of comic books based on the . The first issue was released digitally during Super Bowl XLVII Action Lab Comics Action Lab Entertainment (also known as Action Lab Comics or ALE),