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Issue: Adventures of Superman #554
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #554 of 230 Issues (499 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098931140401
Price: $2.75 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Joey Cavalieri; Maureen McTigue (assistant)
Disclose Notes: 1998 Triangle #3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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It Lurks Beneath Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Tom Grummett
Inker(s): Denis Rodier
Colorist(s): Patrick Martin
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Ripper
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Children and Monsters!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Karl Kesel
Penciller(s): Tom Grummett (layouts); Denis Rodier (finishes); Scott Koblish (finishes)
Inker(s): Denis Rodier; Scott Koblish
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Dirk Armstrong; Simone DeNiege; Inspector Maggie Sawyer; Inspector Dan Turpin; Burton Thompson [Hunter Thompson]; Danny Gray; Mr. Harold; Mayor Sackett; Doctor Singh; Doctor Cordova; Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Ripper
Synopsis: Superman Blue meets Luthor's daughter Lena, and Luthor gets in a zinger about Superman Blue being able to have children. The mayor of Metropolis brings in Burton "Hunter" Thompson to hunt the Ripper monster. The Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, along with Thompson and Superman hunt down the Ripper, who turns out to be intelligent, but Thompson kills it before more can be learned. It is revealed that Thompson is behind the creation of the Ripper and he has other monsters.
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Pages: 22
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Mike McAvennie
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kryptograms
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

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