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Issue: Superman #271
Publication Date: January 1974
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Issues: #271 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/09/1973
Volume: 36
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #100.
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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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Who Is the Man Who Murdered Metropolis?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman
Synopsis: Giant hand symbolically crushes Metropolis as Superman flies at the attacker.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1974 published August 1974
as Går Metropolis til grunne? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #3 published January 1975
as Alles über Superman und seine Freunde [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1638
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Man Who Murdered Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Brainiac (villain); Superman; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Clark Kent; Melba Manton
Synopsis: As WGBS employess picket outside the building, they witness a mirror image of the Metorpolis skyline descending from the sky. When Superman investigates, he finds Brainiac, who announces that when the mirror image meets the real skyline, the latter will explode. With the aid of WGBS, Superman convinces Brainiac that his plot has succeeded and that he is mad with rage. With the advantage of his sanity and Brainiac's misunderstanding of the situation, Superman is able to turn the tables on Brainiac and send him off into deep space.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1974 published August 1974
as Mannen som myrdet Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #3 published January 1975
as Das Massaker von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as The Man Who Murdered Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: S-1613
Disclose Notes: Brainiac makes many obscure references to the name "Kent."
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The Warriors of Lightning Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jaxon the Lash (villain); Vanaria; Art-Al; Krypton
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #11-12/1975 published November 1975
as Krigerne fra Lynets Dal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-1619
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1645

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