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Issue: Superman in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis" #[nn]
Publication Date: July 1980
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz; William M Palmer
Disclose Notes: Compliments of Radio Shack. This comic also appeared as an insert in several comics in July 1980, including Action Comics (1938 series) #509, New Adventures of Superboy (1980 series) #7, Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #265, and House of Mystery (1951 series) #282.

Indicia: SUPERMAN IN "THE COMPUTERS THAT SAVED METROPOLIS" (July 1980) is published by DC COMICS INC., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019 for Radio Shack, a division of Tandy Corporation, One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, U.S.A. Copyright © 1980 DC Comics Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nothing may be reprinted in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Superman and Lana Lang are trademarks of and copyrighted by DC Comics Inc.; Radio Shack, The Biggest Name In Little Computers, and TRS-80 are trademarks of Radio Shack, a division of the Tandy Corporation. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in U.S.A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
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The Computers That Saved Metropolis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Computers That Saved Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Jim Starlin
Inker(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang
Synopsis: Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Adventures of Superboy #7 [unnamed variant] published July 1980
as The Computers That Saved Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAction Comics #509 [unnamed variant] published July 1980
as The Computers That Saved Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes #265 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1980
as The Computers That Saved Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #282 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1980
as The Computers That Saved Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 29
Disclose Notes: For some reason, the prologue page is not included in the page numbering. It is also not used as a "prologue," but rather as a "back cover" illustration, in the reprints inserted into some July 1980 DC comics.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Total of 6 one-page ads for: TRS-80 Network I (network controller, Radio Shack), TRS-80 (computer, Radio Shack), TRS-80 Catalog (computers, Radio Shack), Science Fair Story of Electronics (giveaway, Radio Shack), Science Fair Kits (electronic kits, Radio Shack), and Free Teaching Aids (teacher resources, Radio Shack). Appear on pages 2, 4, and 33-36 in the issue.

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