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Issue: Superman #406
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #406 of 423 Issues (608 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: 12/18/1984
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.35 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
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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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The Fight for the Right to Be Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Moe Ramboe
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #66 published January 1985
as Wer ist der wahre Superman? [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Fight for the Right to Be Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Moe Ramboe; Jake Ramboe; Swain (gangster)
Synopsis: Moe Ramboe was a two-bit wrestler who used the name "Superman" before the debut of Superman and he wants to wrestle Superman for the rights to the name.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #66 published January 1985
as Wer ist der wahre Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: S-4532
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[untitled]

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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-4572
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Can You Stump Superman?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Craig Boldman
Penciller(s): Alex Saviuk
Inker(s): Karl Kesel
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Milton Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; George Feffer (villain); Lenny Hoss (villain)
Synopsis: Superman challenges a crowd to guess the one thing Earth people can do that Superman can not do.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1985 published September 1985
as Wetten, daß… Superman? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #5/1986 published January 1986
as Setter du Supermann til veggs? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-4518?
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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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Pages: 1

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