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Issue: DC Comics Presents #59
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #59 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/15/1983
Volume: 6
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (signed)
Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; The Legion of Substitute-Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Color Kid]; Superman
First Line: >Sigh!< Why me?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as DC Comics Presents #59 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4129
Disclose Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Ambush Bug II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Giffen (story); Paul Levitz (additional dialogue)
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kurt Schaffenberger (finished art)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman; The Legion of Substitute Heroes
Character(s): Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Infection Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Antennae Lad; Double-Header]; Superman; Ambush Bug; Chief Zendak of the Science Police
Synopsis: Ambush Bug hops on Superman's back just as he's going into the future. They both land in the 30th century. Superman leaves Ambush Bug in the custody of the Legion of Substitute-Heroes where he promptly breaks out and begins to wreak havoc on 30th century Metropolis.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #53 published January 1983
as Elektronik-Käfer II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #50 [Direct Sales] published July 1984
as Ambush Bug II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Ambush Bug #[nn] published May 2009
as Ambush Bug II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: S-4118
Disclose Notes: Job number, page count, and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pair Mail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-4134
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also note "Giffen letter."

Letters of comment from Calvin L. Nunez, Neil Ahlquist, Kent A. Phenis, Danny Zentner, Ray Szymanski, Larry Houston, Ross Pearsall, Kevin T. Brown, Kelly Harper, Jim Morey, Billy Kennedy and Delmo Walters Jr.

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