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Issue: Action Comics #589
Publication Date: June 1987
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Issues: #589 of 866 Issues (1410 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: 03/03/1987
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: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #37.
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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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[untitled]

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #3 published November 2004
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #30 published December 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Green on Green

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): The Therils (first appearance, an alien race of smart soilworms); cohesive cloud of biological material
First Line: Deep space. Four hundred thousand light-years from the planet Earth.
Synopsis: When Hawkman triggered the overlord switch in #588, it sent Superman 400,000 light years from Earth, where he is found by Arisia of the Green Lantern Corps. Superman and the Corps then team up to stop the mystical menace that Superman thought was stopped when he teamed up with the Phantom Stranger.
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In Issue: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #3 published November 2004
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #30 published December 1987
as Verde Sobre Verde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3098
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Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Alone Against Chaos

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First Line: Three days ago, he was just an ordinary man. Now he's all that stands between us and ultimate evil.
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Together for the First Time!

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First Line: And if I have my way, it will be their last!
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Body Builder

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First Line: Maybe it's a truck body. Maybe a racing car body. But whatever model you're building, you want it to look the best.
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Will Robin Die Tonight?

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First Line: The first of the new adventures of the Batman.
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Annual 1987

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First Line: Batman Annual #11 two tales of love and terror...
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17. Includes image of the cover to Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #11.
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Venture Into the 21st Century!

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First Line: Witness the merging of man and machine
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Write Right Now!

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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21 and above the 'Mazing Man promo. Twelve ads for various products.
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Help Find 'Mazing Man or We May Never See Him Again!

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First Line: Find out more in the 'Mazing Man Special on sale in April
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21 and below the Write Right Now! ads. Includes image of the cover to 'Mazing Man Special (DC, 1987 series) #1.
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2 Free Months! of DC Comics

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Feature(s): DC
First Line: Subscribe now and you'll get 14 months of your favorite DC title(s) for the price of 12.
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First Line: It stated in Superman #3, it continued into Adventures of Superman #426 and climaxed right here in the pages of Action #586...
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Pages: 1.61
Job Number: L-2731
Disclose Notes: Letters from: T.M. Maple, Mark Haden Frazer, Michael A. Medlock and Danny DeAngelo.
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In Memorium

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First Line: Gardner Fox was the first comicbook writer whose name I knew.
Synopsis: John Byrne writes an obituary for Gardner Fox, who had recently passed away.
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The Misadventures of Captain Clueless in Pursuit of Scary, Bouncing Ugly Balls

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First Line: I'll find them on cow's tails or inside the fuit of dessert cacti or in whirlpools in the heart of the Ganglion rain forest...
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Available Now! Action figures & playsets
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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