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 6 May 1801 to defend his ship. Cochrane obliged, with the equivocal wording that he had 'conducted himself like a true Spaniard'. "El Gamo" was subsequently sold to the ruler of Algiers as a merchantman. This battle inspired Patrick O'Brian in the novel "Master and Commander", where, in a very similar manner, the brig HMS Sophie escapes from, then lures and captures the Spanish Xebeque-frigate Cacafuego, as the first major battle of his main character Jack Aubrey. Action of 6 May 1801 The Action of 6 May 1801 was a minor naval engagement between the 32-gun xebec-frigate "El Gamo" of the Spanish Navy