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Issue: Superboy Spectacular #1
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue (2 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Giveaway Edition
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Elizabeth Mattheos (editor)
Disclose Notes: This was specially commissioned by a school system and distributed exclusively through comic shops as DC's first direct sales only experiment.
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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: one-shot; giveaway (free version)
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Disclose Reprinted In5
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1982 published November 1982
as Krypto der Superhund [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Story of Superboy

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the inside front and inside back cover.
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The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: To perform his amazing feats, Superboy must often fly through fire, or smother explosions, or get splashed by corrosive chemincals!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #78 published January 1960
was The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Dreams of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Dynamic Superboy and his superdog Krypto usually overcome all foes, no matter how mighty, through the use of their astounding super-powers!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #83 published September 1960
was The Dreams of Doom! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Map of Krypton

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1980 published October 1980
as Karte von Krypton [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Life on Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Presenting -- an untold series of stories about Krypton, Superboy's native world, where he lived as a baby!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #12/1982 published December 1982
as Das Leben auf Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #79 published March 1960
was Life on Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The One-Man Team!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: W-where is he?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #88 published April 1961
was The One-Man Team! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Kryptonite in Four Colors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #11/1982 published November 1982
as Kryptonit - Die vier Arten ! [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Three Secret Identities of Superboy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: I have x-ray vision!
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #67 published September 1958
was The Three Secret Identities of Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Superboy's Secret Hideaways

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): The Superboy Legend
First Line: Hi, fans!
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #153 published January 1969
was The Superboy Legend: Superboy's Secret Hideaways [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Destroyed Krypton

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Genres: superhero
First Line: The bizarre super-weapon hung in the sky over earth -- a threat to the planet the Superboy from Krypton had adopted as his foster-world!
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #67 published September 1958
was The Man Who Destroyed Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Puzzle of the Disappearing Pitcher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: A star high-school athlete vanishes from a moving bus -- clearly a case for Superboy!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #30 published May 1985
as Spurlos verschwunden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Best Wishes, Superboy and Friends!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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