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Issue: Superman #8
Publication Date: August 1987
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Issues: #8 of 231 Issues (509 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: 04/21/1987
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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Andrew Helfer; Michael Carlin
Disclose Notes: Issue is dedicated to the memory of Edmond Hamilton.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In11
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Cover, Front
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Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #2/1988 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #2/1988 published January 1988
as Rommets Helter vender tilbake [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #34 published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDer Neue Superman #2/1988 published January 1988
as Superman gegen die Legion der Super-Helden [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #2/1988 published January 1988
as Gjenbruk er tingen [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]0.25 page
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249.
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Future Shock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): Karl Kesel
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy [as Bob Cobb] (flashback); Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lad (flashback); Mon-El (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Sun Boy; Ultra Boy (flashback)]; Night Girl (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross (Pocket Universe; flashback); Police Chief Parker (Pocket Universe; flashback); VILLAINS: Time Trapper (flashback); Fatal Five (flashback); Legion of Super-Villains (flashback)
Synopsis: The Legion meets a Superman who never lived life as Superboy.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #2/1988 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #34 published January 1988
as Choque con el Futuro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer Neue Superman #2/1988 published January 1988
as Zukunftsschock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #2/1988 published January 1988
as Barn av framtiden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Future Shock! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: G-3158
Disclose Notes: First pocket universe. Story continued from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (DC, 1984 series) #37 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #591. The 4 members of the Legion correspond to the members of the Fantastic Four: Sun Boy (Human Torch), Blok (Thing), Invisible Kid (Invisible Girl), and Brainiac 5 (Mr. Fantastic).
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-2751
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Mrs. Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dale Coe, Michael K. Willis, Shaun P. Barry, Mark Delaney, Vaughn Guild, Dave Berkebile and Danny DeAngelo.
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E. Nelson Bridwell 1931-1987

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Obituary for E. Nelson Bridwell, who passed away on January 23, 1987.

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