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Issue: Superman #1,000,000
Publication Date: November 1998
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Issues: #1,000,000 of 231 Issues (509 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/16/1998
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76194121549500111
Price: $2.95 CAD
$1.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joey Cavaieri; Maureen McTigue (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Millionth issue supposedly from 853rd century; cover gives a fake date of "Nov 85,271". It is part of the DC One Million crossover promotion on the cover, shared with other November 1998 titles. Published in between Superman #139 and 140.
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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:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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One Million

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Ha [as ha!] (signed); Pat Garrahy (digital art)
Inker(s): Gene Ha [as ha!] (signed); Pat Garrahy (digital art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal Kent]; Lois Lane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Special #11 [Standard Cover] published January 1999
as One Million [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC One Million Omnibus #[nn] published December 2013
as Superman #1,000,000 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pat Garrahy (digital art)
Inker(s): Pat Garrahy (digital art)
Colorist(s): at Garrahy (digital art)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
First Line: This is the special collector's print editon of Superman #1,000,000...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC One Million Omnibus #[nn] published December 2013
as [untitled] [Reprise on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gives background on Justice Legion A and the android Hourman, with a recap of the story so far. Digital frontispiece by Pat Garrahy.
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Down to Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Penciller(s): Norm Breyfogle
Inker(s): Scott Koblish
Colorist(s): John Kalisz; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal Kent]; Arsenal [Roy Harper]; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor (on monitor)
Synopsis: Earth is infected with the Hourman virus. The Superman of the future is losing his powers, but rescues Arsenal from an explosive Rocket Red suit, landing in Metropolis. He meets Lois, and asks for her help to thwart the virus. They start alone, but Lex Luthor discovers them, and wants to "help". After attempting to break into the Fortress of Solitude for better technology, they return to LexCorp, where Luthor double-crosses Superman. But they manage to escape, with the next step being the JLA Watchtower on the moon.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Special #11 [Standard Cover] published January 1999
as Down to Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC One Million Omnibus #[nn] published December 2013
as Down to Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #1,000,000, and continues in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #1,000,000.
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DC One Million

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes summary of the DC One Million crossover for weeks three and four, and a promo for the next issue, Superman #140.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: The Widest Jeans (clothing, GAP Kids), Bride of Chucky (movie, Universal), Plane Crazy Extreme Aerial Racing (video game, SegaSoft), Head Rush (video game, Berkeley Systems), RC Racer Team Lost (video game, Fox Interactive, 2 pages), Lost in Space (movie video, New Line), The Contra Adventure (video game, Konami), JNCO (clothes, JNCO Industries), Dump the 'Toons Get Real: TNBC (TV, NBC), and Milk Where's Your Mustache? with Sarah Michelle Gellar (milk, America's Milk Processors). Appear in various places in this issue.

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