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Issue: Superman: The Man of Steel #3
Publication Date: November 2004
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Issues: #3 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/09/2004
Volume: 3
Pages: 212
ISBN: 1401202462
UPC/EAN: 76194124157900111
Price: $30.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Collects:
Superman (DC, 1987 series) #4-6
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #587-589
Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #427-429
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: Squarebound; Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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18 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagAdventures of Superman #427 [Direct] published April 1987 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #4 [Direct] published April 1987 was Bloodsport... ...He Plays for Keeps! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAction Comics #587 [Direct] published April 1987 was City of Lost Souls! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #4 [Direct] published April 1987 was Bloodsport! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAction Comics #587 [Direct] published April 1987 was Cityscape! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventures of Superman #427 [Direct] published April 1987 was Mind Games [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventures of Superman #428 [Direct] published May 1987 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAction Comics #588 [Direct Sales] published May 1987 was Shadow War: The Epic Climax! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #5 [Direct] published May 1987 was The Mummy Strikes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #5 [Direct] published May 1987 was The Mummy Strikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventures of Superman #428 [Direct] published May 1987 was Personal Best [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAction Comics #588 [Direct Sales] published May 1987 was All Wars Must End [Part Two] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventures of Superman #429 [Direct] published June 1987 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman #6 [Direct] published June 1987 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAction Comics #589 [Direct] published June 1987 was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAdventures of Superman #429 [Direct] published June 1987 was Old Ties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAction Comics #589 [Direct] published June 1987 was Green on Green [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman #6 [Direct] published June 1987 was The Last Five Hundred [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; The Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Host; Cat Grant; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Arisia Rrab]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Kilowog]]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with illustration from Action Comics #587.
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[untitled]

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Title pages with creator credits, indicia, and publisher information, includes illustrations from Superman #4 and Action Comics #587.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
First Line: The brainchild of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, Superman is one of the most recognized icons of the modern world.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Introduction by Jerry Ordway, includes illustrations from Adventures of Superman #427 and #428.
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Bloodsport!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Captain Maggie Sawyer (first appearance); Bloodsport [Robert DuBois] (first appearance); Michael DuBois (first appearance); Dr. Sanchez (first appearance); Mr. Kimberly; Lex Luthor
Synopsis: Lex Luthor loses control of Bloodsport, and he starts slaughtering innocent bystanders before Superman can stop him.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2982
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Mind Games

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jor-El (hallucination); Lara (hallucination); Lois Lane (hallucination); Lana Lang (hallucination); Cat Grant (hallucination); VILLAINS: The Circle [Prana (dies); Zahara]; President Marlo; Lex Luthor (hallucination); Bizarro (hallucination); Metallo (hallucination); Synapse (hallucination)
Synopsis: Suspecting that Qurac is funding terrorist cells around the world, Superman invades the country and destroys their weapons.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3017
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Personal Best

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Perry White; Cat Grant; Judy Groffman; Alice White; Jerry White; Jose Delgado (first appearance); Bibbo Bibbowski (first appearance); Senator Stanton (first appearance); VILLAINS: President Marlo; Jay Falk (first appearance); Antonio Corsetti (first appearance); Louis Lyppe (first appearance); Eddie (first appearance, the leader of the Cobras)
Synopsis: Perry's son Jerry is kidnapped, and Perry must decide whether to publish a lie to save his son or the truth to maintain his integrity.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3038
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Cityscape!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Glenda Mark; Randu Singh; Harry Matthews; Mr. Janke; George; VILLAIN: Morgan Le Fay
Synopsis: Superman teams up with the Demon of 1987 AND the Demon of 1162 to stop Morgan Le Fay's deadly schemes.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-2993
Disclose Notes: This story takes place before THE DEMON (DC, 1987 series) #1-4.
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The Mummy Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Allie; Whit; Dr. Estevez; Raoul Estevez (Dr. Estevez's son); Juanita; Emelio; Carlos; Wonder Woman (dream); VILLAIN: Host (first appearance, a H'v'ler'ni robot)
Synopsis: While examining a South American pyramid, Clark and Lois are attacked by a mummy.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3046
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The Last Five Hundred

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Dr. Estevez; Raoul Estevez (Dr. Estevez's son); VILLAIN: Host (a H'v'ler'ni robot); A'x'iar (a H'v'ler'ni woman, leader); E'v'en (a H'v'ler'ni); the H'v'ler'ni (an ancient Earth race)
Synopsis: Superman discovers that the mummy is a robot called Host, and it houses the souls of 500 people from an ancient era.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3091
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Old Ties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Cat Grant; Adam Morgan (Cat Grant's son; first appearance); Joseph Morgan (first appearance); Nancy Chung (first appearance); Officer George; Inspector Bill Henderson; VILLAINS: The Circle [Zahara; Concussion [Sthula]]
Synopsis: Clark learns Cat's secret and one of the Circle attacks Superman, to get revenge for the death of Prana in #427.
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Pages: 22
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All Wars Must End Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hawkwoman; Hawkman; Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Daron Ved (villain); Byth (villain); Thangarians (villains)
Synopsis: Hawkman and Hawkwoman request Superman's aid to help repel the Thangarian invasion fleet.
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Ties into the Shadow War plotline in the Hawkman series. Story continues from Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #10 and continues in Hawkman (DC, 1986 series) #11.
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Green on Green

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Ch'p]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Kilowog]; Green Lantern [Salakk]]; The Therils (first appearance, an alien race of smart soilworms)
Synopsis: When Hawkman triggered the overlord switch in #588, it sent Superman 400,000 light years from Earth, where he is found by Arisia of the Green Lantern Corps. Superman and the Corps then team up to stop the mystical menace that Superman thought was stopped when he teamed up with the Phantom Stranger.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3098
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Covers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Bloodsport [Robert DuBois]; Lois Lane; Host
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reproductions of the covers of Superman #4-6, printed 3 cover images on a single page.
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Covers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jerry White; Adam Morgan; Concussion
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reproductions of the covers of Adventures of Superman #427-429, printed 3 cover images on a single page.
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Covers

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Hawkwoman [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Arisia Rrab]; Green Lantern [Salakk]]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reproductions of the covers of Action Comics #587-589, printed 3 cover images on a single page.
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From Qurac to the Stars

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustration from Action Comics #587. Also includes reproductions of the covers of the first 2 volumes in this series.

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