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Issue: Superman Archives #4
Publication Date: January 1994
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Issues: #4 of 8 Issues (12 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 4
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563891077
UPC/EAN: 76194120152800412
Price: $76.00 CAD
$49.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
26 (16 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First archive not to include fillers and text pages. Also first to feature credits.
Color reconstruction by Bob Le Rose.
Black and White reconstruction by Rick Keene.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy interiors
Binding: hardcover; dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected editions; was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration of Superman from cover of Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #14.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Table of Contents

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Pages: 2
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 4
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Superman #13

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Senator Tom Billingsley; Light [Lex Luthor]
Synopsis: The mysterious Light (Luthor) kidnaps scientists and senators to help him rule the world. He hypnotizes Superman into going on a rampage.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Red S on cape
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The Archer

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thomas Gayford; Amos Kendrick; Archer [Quigley] (introduction)
Synopsis: Jimmy gets his first by-line as he helps Superman capture his first costume villain.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Red S on cape
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Baby on the Doorstep

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Pierson; Clara Pierson; Leila
Synopsis: Clark guards an abandoned baby from enemy agents.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: red S on cape
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The City Beneath the Earth

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tulan; Kyack
Synopsis: Superman finds an underground civilization under Metro where he ends a civil war and stops an invasion of Metropolis.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: red S on cape
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Superman #14

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Concerts of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rudolph Krazinski
Synopsis: Superman is hypnotized by music.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Yellow S on Red Shield on cape
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The Invention Thief

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chet Farnsworth; Jim Baldwin
Synopsis: Jim Baldwin the famous promoter makes a living stealing the ideas of naive young inventors.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: red S on yellow Shield
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The Undersea City

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chet Furnall; Princess Kuella; King Saffro; Akthar
Synopsis: Superman meets a mermaid named Kuella. Her father is King of the Undersea city and must put down an uprising by the warlike Akthar.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: 1st Atlanteans in a DC Comic?. red S on yellow shield.
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The Lightning Master

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lightning Master (introduction)
Synopsis: The Lightning Master threatens Metropolis with destruction unless the city pays him $300,000.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Roy Thomas revived the Lightning Master in ALL-STAR SQUADRON ANNUAL #2, Yellow S on red shield
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Superman #15

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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The Cop Who Was Ruined

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sergeant Bob Branigan; Bill Talley
Synopsis: Sgt Branigan is accused of shooting an innocent bystander during an altercation with gangster Bill Talley- an altercation which leaves Branigan blind.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: yellow S on yellow shield
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Saboteurs from Napkan

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Hank Fox; Hokopoko; Utsum
Synopsis: Superman investigates naval sabotage instigated by the Ambassador from Napkan, Hokopoko. Also Napkan has infiltrated the South American country of Equaru where its Black Circle Society is trying to overthrow the government. Superman also saves the Panama Canal from destruction and Clark Kent is kidnapped to stop him reporting on sabotage.
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Pages: 12
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Superman in Oxnalia

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): King Boris; Prince Micheal; Razkal; Lord Murgot
Synopsis: Oxnalia invades Numark. Superman flies to Europe to teach dictator Razkal a lesson.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: red S on yellow shield half the time; yellow S on yellow shield the other half.
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The Evolution King

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Phil Carter; Tim; Joe Glower; Evolution King; Tony Rico
Synopsis: When Lois Lane's beau disappears, Sgt Casey practically accuses Clark of murder. Then an old geezer shows up who claims to be the missing Phil Carter. Superman discovers the Evolution King has discovered how to make people older or younger.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Red S on yellow Shield
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Superman #16

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 1st Lois Lane appearance on a Superman cover.
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The World's Meanest Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Charlie Grayson
Synopsis: Gangster tries to disrupt a camp for underprivileged children.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: red S on yellow shield
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Terror from the Stars

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Derma; Mr. Warren; Stan Emerson; Tom Nelson; Abou Sabut
Synopsis: Clark exposes astrology.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Red S on yellow shield
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Case of the Runaway Skyscrapers

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mister Sinister
Synopsis: Mr Sinister makes buildings disappear into the 4th Dimension and demands a ransom to have them returned. When he steals the Daily Planet he gets Superman too.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: red S on yellow shield, mind altering special effects panels
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Racket on Delivery

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Golden; Slats Morgan; Vernon Hale
Synopsis: Superman breaks up a protection racket.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Red S on yellow shield. Superman falls out of a window and saves himself by grabbing the ledge.
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: biography, informational
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Biographies on Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Leo Nowak, Fred Ray, and John Sikela.
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Back Cover

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1

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