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Issue: Superman #401
Publication Date: November 1984
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Issues: #401 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/09/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067511
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
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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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Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Operation: False Front!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lex Luthor (villain); Wanda Nordo; Pluto Statler; Plato Statler; Jack (cameo); Elaine (cameo); Lois Lane
Synopsis: Superman is trapped in Lex Luthor's warsuit and has to think his way out.
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Pages: 24
Job Number: S-4372
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Cover" to the "Bonus Flash Force 2000 Comic." Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Driving Force!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flash Force 2000 (first appearance)
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Special insert also appearing in several other DC comics. It consists of a quasi-cover, a 14-page story, and then a 1 page ad for the Flash Force 2000 toy vehicles (by Matchbox Toys USA).
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Introducing Flash Force 2000

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Feature(s): Flash Force 2000
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: S-4492
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Dale Coe, Jim Toste, Neil Ahlquist (two letters), John Lavernovitch, Etienne Heffel, Keith Sawyer, Peter Ho, Brian Galloway, Joe Torcivia, and Todd "CK" Freeman.

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