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Issue: Superman: The Man of Steel #56

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Publication Date: May 1996

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Detail

Issues: #56 of 137 Issues (285 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 03/27/1996

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120050705611

Price: $2.75 CAD
$1.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): KC Carlson; Mike McAvennie (assistant)

Notes: 1996 Triangle #19.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants2

Superman: The Man of Steel #56 [Direct Sales]

Superman: The Man of Steel #56 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Mxyzptlk's Back... and He's in the Money! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- And the Name's Mister Mxyzptlk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (6 total)

Mxyzptlk's Back... and He's in the Money!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove (signed)

Inker(s): Dennis Janke (signed)

Colorist(s): Patrick Martin

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Mr. Mxyzptlk

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #30 published April 1998
as Der Traum vom grossen Geld! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

And the Name's Mister Mxyzptlk!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Louise Simonson

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove

Inker(s): Dennis Janke

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letterer(s): Ken Lopez

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ron Troupe; Bibbo Bibbowski; Hunya "Killer" Adams; Mick Cardoni; Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes; cameo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain)

Synopsis: Mr. Mxyzptlk does his best to get Lois and Clark back together again.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #30 published April 1998
as Eine Nervensäge namens Mr. Mxyzptlk! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Comics Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Comics Buyer's Guide

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Watch This Space [Watch Out]

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

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Watch This Space

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Partial checklist of DC Comics dated May 1996. Miscellaneous news items.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike McAvennie

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove

Inker(s): Dennis Janke

Colorist(s): Marjorie Strauss [as Marjorie Straus]; Android Images (separations)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Tempered Steel

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

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Superman: The Man of Steel #52 [Direct Sales] published January 1996
was The Trial of Superman! Closing Arguments! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover minus text

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from readers - Ronald D. Held, Gary Collins, Joe Frank, Chris Hines and E. J. Viveiros - and responses from Mike McAvennie.

Jerry Siegel 1914-1996

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Tribute/obituary for the creator of Superman.