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Issue: Adventures of Superman #500 [Collector's Set]

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Publication Date: June 1993

Detail

Issues: #500 [Collector's Set] of 230 Issues (499 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Standard Edition

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 04/15/1993

Volume: none

Pages: 68

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $3.95 CAD
£1.20 GBP
$2.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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

Notes: 1993 Triangle #11. Came in white plastic bag with Superman 'S' logo and a Bloodlines promotional trading card. One researcher has calculated there were at least 3.45 million copies printed.

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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

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3 Adventures of Superman #500 [Collector's Set] [Standard Edition]

3 Adventures of Superman #500 [Collector's Set] [Platinum Edition]

Adventures of Superman #500 [Collector's Set] [Variant Superman Alone Cover]

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Content Items (7 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway

Inker(s): Jerry Ordway

Colorist(s): Jerry Ordway

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

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

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Pages: 1

Life After Death!

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] (as a spirit); Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Kismet; Harry Kent (hallucination); Cat Grant; Peter; Vincent Edge; Ty; Jimmy Olsen; Ron Troupe; High-Pockets; Cindy; Clarice Day; Inspector Bill Henderson; Cleric (demon; villain); Blaze [Angela Blaze] (villain); Prankster [Oswald Loomis] (villain)

Synopsis: After suffering a heart attack, Jonathan's spirit joins Clark's in the astral plane. Jonathan must get Clark to clear his head, or else he might end up in Blaze's domain... forever.

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Pages: 46

Notes: 8 extra story pages replace ad pages that were in the standard edition.

First Sighting

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Louise Simonson

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove

Inker(s): Dennis Janke

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): Bill Oakley

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Steel

Character(s): John Henry Irons (first appearance); White Rabbit [Angora Lapin] (first appearance; villain); The Dragons [Homes; Wheels; Hype (death)] (villains); The Sharks (villains)

Synopsis: In the midst of a battle between rival gangs, John Henry Irons rises from the rubble of the battle between Superman and Doomsday.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Story continues in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #22.

First Sighting

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Roger Stern

Penciller(s): Jackson Guice

Inker(s): Denis Rodier

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): Bill Oakley

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Eradicator

Character(s): Eradicator (first appearance); Darryl Wilbur (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis: A guy tries to hijack a car, and is pursued by the cold Last Son of Krypton.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #687.

First Sighting

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Karl Kesel

Penciller(s): Tom Grummett

Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superboy

Character(s): Superboy (first appearance; Superman clone); Guardian [Jim Harper]; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Flip; Gabby; Big Words; Scrapper]; Paul Westfield; Carl Packard

Synopsis: Superboy escapes from Cadmus with the help of the Newsboy Legion.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #501.

First Sighting

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Jurgens

Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brett Breeding (finishes)

Inker(s): Brett Breeding

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Cyborg Superman

Character(s): Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]

Synopsis: Superman returns to Metropolis, but portions of his body have been replaced with cybernetic parts.

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Pages: 4

Notes: Story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #78.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jennifer Frank

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Kryptograms

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Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Larry Piona, Paul N. Hicks, Melissa Page, Alan C. Carroll, Kate Murray and Philip Youngman - and responses from Jennifer Frank.