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Issue: Superman #408
Publication Date: June 1985
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Issues: #408 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: 02/19/1985
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 #13.
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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 In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inker(s): Al Williamson (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
First Line: They did it! They finally had a nuclear war!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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The Day the Earth Died!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Hannigan (plot); Paul Kupperberg (script)
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Al Williamson
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ed King
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Synopsis: Superman contemplates disarming all the nuclear weapons on Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #68 published January 1985
as Der Tag, an dem die Erde starb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1986 published January 1986
as Den dagen jorda døde! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #71 [Direct Sales] published April 1986
as The Day the Earth Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Eighties #[nn] published June 2006
as The Day the Earth Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: S-4564
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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-4618
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Warship!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Albert De Guzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Superman encounters a generational starship the size of a planet and helps them find a world to inhabit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #20/1985 published September 1985
as Kriegsraumer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-4596
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Ben Oda Remembered

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Andrew Helfer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Guest Meanwhile...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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