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Issue: Superman #386

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Publication Date: August 1983

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Issues: #386 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 05/12/1983

Volume: 45

Pages: 40

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893067508

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Variants3

2 Superman #386 [Direct]

Superman #386 [CA Cover Price]

Superman #386 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)

Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Todd Klein; Milton Glaser Studio (logo)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: S-4167

Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

This is the first appearance of an updated Superman logo, most noted by rounding off the bottom portion of the letter "u". Logo design credit from Todd Klein (29 September 2019).

Luthor Lashes Back!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Cary Bates

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): Dave Hunt

Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin

Letterer(s): Ben Oda

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Perry White; Justin Moore (cub reporter); Dr. Herbert Norris; Sam Lane; Ella Lane; Lois Lane; Wanda (Luthor's henchman); Louto (Luthor's henchman); Morgan Edge

Synopsis: Superman stops Lex from destroying the Earth in the same fashion that the planet Lexor was destroyed.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Job Number: S-4187

Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[untitled]

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

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Meanwhile...

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): José Luis García-López

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Metropolis Mailbag

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: S-4172

Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.