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Issue: Superman #19

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Publication Date: July 1988

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Detail

Issues: #19 of 231 Issues (509 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 03/22/1988

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Michael Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Notes: Shipping date of March 22, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants4

Superman #19 [Direct]

Superman #19 [3rd Printing]

Superman #19 [Canadian]

Superman #19 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In4

1 Content Item
- Power Failure [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

2 Content Items
- Power Failure [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- The Power That Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (5 total)

Power Failure

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway [as Da Ordster] (signed)

Inker(s): Jerry Ordway [as Da Ordster] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave

Reprinting

In Issue:

Stålmannen #12/1989 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Supermann #12/1989 published January 1989
as Kreftene svikter! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Power That Failed!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): John Beatty

Colorist(s): Petra Scotese

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Cat Grant; Jimmy Olsen; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Lois Lane; Sarah Olsen; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave (villain, introduction); Psi-Phon [J'ankway] (villain, introduction); Dreadnaught [Breemmill] (villain, introduction); Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Gretchen Kelley

Synopsis: A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Supermann #12/1989 published January 1989
as Kraften som sviktet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain! #[nn] published April 2000
as The Power That Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-3728

Notes: Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #442.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Renee Witterstaetter

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Superman

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3162

Notes: Letters from readers - Brian Simpson, Jeff Mitchell, Roger D. Case, Joe Frank, Mathew A. Young, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dennis Tucker, Stephen Robinson, Jonathan Ezor and Greg Manter - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

The third printing only has the first of the two pages, stopping in the middle of Ann C.H. Brachwitz's letter.

House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different house ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: six house ads for: Annual 88 (Infinity Inc. Annual #2, Spectre Annual #1, and Young All Stars Annual #1), Batman: The Cult, Action Comics, Power of the Atom, Who's Who Update 1988, and Great DC Deals! (subscription ad, expires April 10, 1988).

Third printing: three house ads for: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652).

Ads

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed); ?

Inker(s): Don Martin (signed); ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: five ad pages for: Zip-Poom Jolly Rancher Stix (candy, Leaf, art by Don Martin); Games with Memories You Won't Forget (video games, FCI), Body Builder (models, MPC), Write Right Now! (classified ads, Print Advertising Representatives, 1/2 page), Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions (conventions, Creation's Science Fiction and Comic World, 1/2 page), and Forgotten Realms Black Wizards Book Two: The Moonshae Tilogy (book, TSR).

Third printing: nine ad pages for: Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).