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Issue: Superman #233
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 11/05/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
Kryptonite Nevermore!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman breaks free of kryptonite chains.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Superman #233 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #8/1971 published April 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman Supacomic #150 published February 1972
as Superman Breaks Loose! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]modified a la Andy Warhol; modified
FlagMillennium Edition: Superman 233 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as A New Direction for Superman in the Seventies [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Superman #233 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-614
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Superman Breaks Loose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Professor Bolden; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Morgan Edge; Perry White; Sand creature (origin)
A scientific experiment turns all the kryptonite on Earth to iron, as Clark Kent moves from newspaper to television journalism.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Seventies #[nn] [Original Edition] published January 1971
as Superman Breaks Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagSuperman #8/1971 published April 1971
as Superman bricht los! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #11/1971 published November 1971
as Supermann river seg løs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAction Comics #485 [unnamed variant] published July 1978
as The Experiment That Backfired on Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with new framing pages
FlagSuperman Extra #9 published January 1984
as Superman bricht los! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuper-Homem #5 published November 1984
as O princípio do caos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as Superman Breaks Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMillennium Edition: Superman 233 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as Superman Breaks Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #1 published January 2005
as Superman legt los [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #2 published February 2006
as Superman Breaks Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Superman Breaks Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
S-560
No villain.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Super-Turtle
Let's see you read this eye chart!
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Supacomic #140 published April 1971
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #12/1971 published December 1971
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #190 published October 1966
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-635
Jor-El's Golden Folly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Jor-El; Kim-Da; Professor Ken-Dal; General Dru-Zod; Lara Lor-Van; Fal-Thu; Waz-Em
Ignoring the jeers of his colleagues, Kryptonian scientist Jor-El experiments with using anti-gravity to aid in space travel. But when astronaut Lara Lor-Van stows away in Jor-El's test rocket, the rocket crashes on Krypton's moon Wegthor, and Jor-El has to come to her rescue.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #9/1971 published May 1971
as Jor-Els goldenes Traumschiff [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #6/1976 published June 1976
as Jor-Els gullskip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #40 [Direct Sales] published September 1983
as Jor-El's Golden Folly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMillennium Edition: Superman 233 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as Jor-El’s Golden Folly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: The World of Krypton #[nn] published July 2008
as Jor-El's Golden Folly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
S-610
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-617
Letters of comment from William Blau, Don F. Wittman, Chris Juricich, Todd Lowenstein, John Lansille and Jeff Ristine.
A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; George Taylor; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Jimmy Olsen; The Newsboy Legion; Rose and the Thorn; Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Notes and art excerpts from several issues showing Golden Age and Bronze Age characters.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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