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Issue: DC Comics Presents #24
Publication Date: August 1980
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Issues: #24 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/13/1980
Volume: 3
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893121608
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #179.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In7
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Deadman
First Line: I thought becoming Superman would be fun!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1980 published October 1980
as Superman und der Geisterheld! [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #24/1982 published January 1982
as Mannen som var hele verden [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Back in Action #[nn] published March 2007
as DC Comics Presents #24 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3377
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Man Who Was the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Deadman; Rama Kushna; Abraham Gold (flashback); Jack Gold (flashback); Caprice (flashback); S.T.A.R. Labs; Dr. Jenet Klyburn; Alex Atley; Carol Atley; Dennis; Mr. Genarian (villain); Lois Lane (cameo)
First Line: On a lonely storm-swept mountain peak, the star-crossed spirit of a man who had once been the world's greatest circus aerialist vents his frustrated rage to the howling wind...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1980 published October 1980
as Herzkranke Welt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #11 [Direct Sales] published April 1981
as The Man Who Was the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #24/1982 published January 1982
as Mannen som var hele verden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Back in Action #[nn] published March 2007
as The Man Who Was the World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3349
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Bobsled Run

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
First Line: Among the cheering spectators is Hal Jordan, alias the Green Lantern.
Synopsis: Green Lantern saves an endangered bobsled team who are happy that their Twinkies are saved too.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: "Who Haunts This House" by Denny O'Neil came two months too late and hence missed being a nafty Halloween story, but what the heck!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3382
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mark Lagasse, Kevin Foster, Jimmie Fraley, Tasmyn O'Flynn, Glen Schroeder, and Danny Golding. Promo for The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Any plans for a hardcover book about the Legion of Super-Heroes?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page. Questions from Gerald Lawrence, Michael Callahan, Murray Clack, John Green, Howard Grass, Tom Cocker, Kirk Bentzen, Brian Truman, Kenneth Bush, Robert Storey, Chris Khalaf, Andrew Robinson, Mark Wannop, Steven Hulett, Matthew Jones, Damon Ramsey, Bill Sykaluk, Steve Rikli and 1 unsigned.
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Number 61 Milt Snapinn

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
First Line: DC fans who think Milt Snappin is only a top-notch letterer are deceived by his "secret identity".
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Part of The DC Feature Page. Profile on Milt Snappin.

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