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Issue: Adventures of Superman #498

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Publication Date: January 1993

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Issues: #498 of 230 Issues (499 Printings)

Title:

Variant: 1st Printing, Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 11/26/1992

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.50 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)

Notes: 1993 Triangle #3. "This issue dedicated to the memory of Joe Shuster."

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Format

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

Format Notes:

Variants4

Adventures of Superman #498 [1st Printing, Direct Sales]

Adventures of Superman #498 [2nd Printing]

Adventures of Superman #498 [3rd Printing]

Adventures of Superman #498 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Funeral for a Friend/1 [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Death of a Legend [Funeral for a Friend, Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From0

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Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (3 total)

Funeral for a Friend/1

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Tom Grummett (signed)

Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

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

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Death of a Legend [Funeral for a Friend, Part 1]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Ordway

Penciller(s): Tom Grummett

Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse); Lois Lane; Justice League America [JLA; Bloodwynd [Martian Manhunter; J'onn J'onzz]; Ice [Tora Olafsdotter]]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Jose Delgado; Adam Morgan; Steve Lombard; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Paul Westfield; Murph; Professor Emil Hamilton; Bibbo Bibbowski; Perry White; Ron Troupe; Whit; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Dubbilex; Officer Champley; Doomsday (villain; corpse); Lex Luthor (villain)

Synopsis: Guardian, Professor Emil Hamilton and others try to bring Superman back to life.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Death of a Legend [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story continues from JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA (DC, 1989 series) #70 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #685.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jennifer Frank

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Kryptograms

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Ingrid Nuernberg, Bob Elinskas, David R. Thiel, Gerald Wilson, Joe Frank and Chris Tirro - and responses from Jennifer Frank.