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Issue: Superman #390
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #390 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: 08/23/1983
Volume: 45
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.75 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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Disclose Reprinted In8
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Vartox
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #11/1984 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #23 published January 1984
as Superman gegen Vartox! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #11/1984 published January 1984
as Kometrytteren [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #37 published August 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4241
Disclose Notes: Art credits and job number confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, supplied by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Lost on a Comet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates (Plot); Elliot S! Maggin (Script)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Vartox; Lana Lang; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Danny (delivery boy); Wallace Gurkheim (Lana Lang's secret admirer)
Synopsis: Vartox finds himself with a memory loss and travels to Earth to seek the aid of Superman. Lana's secret admirer gets bolder in his attempts to reach Lana.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #11/1984 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #11/1984 published January 1984
as Kometrytteren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #23 published January 1984
as Auf einem Kometen gefangen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Heróis #37 published August 1985
as Perdido num Cometa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: S-4250
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, supplied by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metropolis Mailbag
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4246
Disclose Notes: Job number and page count confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, supplied 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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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