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Issue: Action Comics #585
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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: 11/04/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #33.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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"... And Graves Give Up Their Dead..."

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occult, superhero
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FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #2 published December 2003
FlagSupermán #12 published April 1987
as Y los Muertos Saldrán de sus Tumbas... [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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Inside front cover.
And Graves Give Up Their Dead ...

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occult, superhero
Arathaza [Barb Kowaleski] (first appearance)
Does the soil remember?
The Phantom Strangers enlists Superman to help defeat a creature created by the Serabite Stone.
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FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #2 published December 2003
FlagSupermán #12 published April 1987
as Y los Muertos Saldrán de sus Tumbas... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #7/1987 published August 1987
as Og de døde skal våkne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDer Neue Superman #5/1988 published January 1988
as ...und das Böse lebt...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Get Scramblin' Kids! I Need Your Help!

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Oh, it can't be! The evil (SESAMGORT) _________ has captured (P'NAC HURNCC) ____ ______!
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Between story pages 4 and 5.
First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again!

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George Pérez Greg Potter & Bruce Patterson introduce the new Woner Woman
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Between story pages 4 and 5.
[untitled]

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Since the game of Lazer tag began way back in the year 1986, no one has ever equaled his record.
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Between story pages 8 and 9.
Legends Crossovers

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Legends
Don't miss these exciting stories!
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Between story pages 8 and 9. Includes covers of Cosmic Boy (1987 series) #3, Warlord (1976 series) #114 and Legends (1986 series) #4.
Write Right Now!

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Between story pages 16 and 17. Nineteen ads for various products.
Thanks!

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Between story pages 16 and 17. DC heralds awards won by the company in the Kirby Awards, 1985 Eagle Awards and the CBG Fan Awards.
Now... Complete in One Volume!

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The series that made headlines! Collected now in a high quality edition!
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Between story pages 20 and 21.
Superman's Other Creators

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Jerry Ordway (photograph)
It all began with Action Comics. Superman was the cover featured character on this new title, from what was then called Detective Comics, Inc., and it was a hit.
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Between story pages 20 and 21. Dick Giordano talks about the "other" creators on the Superman books - Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway.
[untitled]

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Look: Dick Giordano just came into my office -- he looks angry, but he's smiling.
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Letters from: Raymond Chuang, Mic McConnell, Brian Dreger, Steve O'Brien, Chris Blackmer and Keith R. Jones; responses from Andy Helfer.
Loco Motion.

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454 Cubic inches of supercharged Chevy rat engine. One incredibly mean machine.
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Inside back cover.
Torado Warning!

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Look out for the 4WD Tornado coming your way
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Back cover.

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