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Issue: The Phantom Zone #1

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Publication Date: January 1982

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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues (8 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 10/22/1981

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893359701

Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #195.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: mini-series

Format Notes:

Variants2

2 The Phantom Zone #1 [Direct]

The Phantom Zone #1 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (3 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; Todd Klein (series logo design)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Phantom Zone

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-775

Notes: Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

The Haunting of Charlie Kweskill!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Gerber

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Phantom Zone

Character(s): Perry White; Charlie Kweskill [Quex-Ul]; Jor-El; Lara; Gra-Mo; Gra-Mo's two assistants; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; Professor Va-Kox; Dr. Xadu; Faora Hu-Ul; General Zod; Az-Rel (introduction); Nadira (introduction); Kru-El; Mon-El; Jer-Em; Erndine Ze-Da (mentioned); Ar-Ual (mentioned); Cha-Mel (mentioned); Vorb-Un (mentioned); Ak-Var (mentioned); Roz-Em (mentioned); Shyla Kor-Onn (mentioned); Gaz-Or (mentioned); Ras-Krom (mentioned); Tor-An (mentioned); Orn-Zu (mentioned); Tra-Gob (mentioned); Bal-Gra (mentioned); Vor-Kil (mentioned); Vax-Nor (mentioned); Kur-Dul (mentioned)] (some appear only in Quex-Ul's repressed memories); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 27

Job Number: J-7691

Notes: A character who appears to be Thul-Kar appears in the background of the Phantom Zone on page 17, however this must be some other character since Thul-Kar does not enter the Zone until Krypton's last day (see issue #3).

[untitled]

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Robin Snyder

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Editorial Zone

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: L-894

Notes: Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. History of the Phantom Zone. It is said that the Phantom Zone first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961).