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Issue: Superman #18
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #18 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: 02/16/1988
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): Michael Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of February 23, 1988 per Direct Currents #1 (January 1988). Corrected shipping date of February 16, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
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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 In6
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Mignola (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jor-El; Lara
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #3/1989 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #56 published November 1988
as Regreso a Krypton [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1989 published January 1989
as Reisen til Krypton [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): Mike Mignola
Inker(s): Karl Kesel
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Hawkman [Carter Hall; Katar Hol]; Hawkwoman [Shiera Hall; Shayera Thal]; Jor-El (hallucination); Lara (hallucination)
Synopsis: Hawkman and Hawkwoman take Superman to Krypton.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #56 published November 1988
as Regreso a Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1989 published January 1989
as Reisen til Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #1 published October 2004
as Return to Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3665
Disclose Notes: Story continues from ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #600.
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June 1988

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Johnny DC]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DCI with Johnny DC
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Miscellaneous DC news items, spotlighting BATMAN: THE CULT and THE KILLING JOKE. Partial checklist for DC comics dated June 1988.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Renee Witterstaetter
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: L-3142
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Hurricane Heeran, David Metz, Kip Talbott, Steve Getman, Dale Coe, Charles D. Brown and Vince Forrington - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

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