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Issue: Superman #249
Publication Date: March 1972
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Issues: #249 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/11/1972
Volume: 34
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #79.
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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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Introducing... Superman's Latest and Greatest Foe... Terra-Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Terra-Man; Nova
Synopsis: Tattered and wounded Superman founders in air as Terra-Man and flying horse Nova attack.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #167 published July 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1975 published February 1975
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman from the Thirties to the Eighties #[nn] published January 1983
as Superman in the 1970s [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as The Villains [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1119
Disclose Notes: Art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Challenge of Terra-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Terra-Man (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Nova; Krypton (flashback)
Synopsis: The appearance of a stagecoach on the streets of Metropolis heralds the arrival of Terra-Man, a character seemingly from a spaghetti western, yet with super-scientific weapons. Superman must contain Terra-Man while dealing with a kryptonian condition known as birth-spells which effects the metabolism of Kryptonians every six years on their Kryptonian birthdays.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #167 published July 1973
as The Challenge Of Terra-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1975 published February 1975
as Die Herausforderung des Terraman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #43 published January 1982
as Die Herausforderung des Terraman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as The Challenge of Terra-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: S-1071
Disclose Notes: Story includes pastiches of Archie and Edith Bunker from TV's All in the Family.
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The Origin of Terra-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): Terra-Man
Character(s): The Collector (villain); Jess Manning; Terra-Man [Toby Manning]; Nova
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #5/1975 published January 1975
as Der Ursprung des Terraman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLimited Collectors' Edition #C-39 published October 1975
as The Origin of Terra-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-1099
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High Man on a Flagpole!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quent (villain); Superman; Lois Lane; Tom Trent; Arnold Carlyle; Clark Kent; Perry White
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #46 published May 1947
was High Man on a Flagpole! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: S-1096
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: S-1129
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33

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