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Issue: Superman #386
Publication Date: August 1983
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Issues: #386 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/19/1983
Volume: 45
Pages: 40
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 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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Todd Klein; Milton Glaser Studio (logo)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #7/1984 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1983 published October 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #7/1984 published January 1984
as Lex Luthor slår tilbake! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #29 published November 1984
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4167
Disclose Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

This is the first appearance of an updated Superman logo, most noted by rounding off the bottom portion of the letter "u". Logo design credit from Todd Klein (29 September 2019).
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Luthor Lashes Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Perry White; Justin Moore (cub reporter); Dr. Herbert Norris; Sam Lane; Ella Lane; Lois Lane; Wanda (Luthor's henchman); Louto (Luthor's henchman); Morgan Edge
Synopsis: Superman stops Lex from destroying the Earth in the same fashion that the planet Lexor was destroyed.
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #7/1984 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #22/1983 published October 1983
as Luthor schlägt zurück! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #7/1984 published January 1984
as Luthor slår tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #29 published November 1984
as Luthor Devolve a Pancada [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: S-4187
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie 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...
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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): Metropolis Mailbag
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-4172
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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