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Issue: Superman #20
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #20 of 231 Issues (526 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: 04/19/1988
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: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of April 5, 1988, per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), but plans to go bi-weekly were dropped when John Byrne quit the series.

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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Men of Steel!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Tengen puts the biggest arcade hits on the Nintendo Entertainment System!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Doom in the Heartland!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Janet Jones (dies)
First Line: Jonathan! Martha! I'm glad you got my message.
Synopsis: Lana introduces Ma and Pa Kent to Supergirl. Superman goes to investigate a disturbance in Kansas City and runs into the Doom Patrol, who have just been soundly defeated by Metallo.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1990 published January 1990
as Forandringer [Story on Interior Page(s)]9 pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Pages 20-22 of Doom Patrol (DC, 1987 series) #10 take place between panels 4 and 5 of page 7.
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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 you're building, you want it to look the best.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Fascist Britain 1997. Everyone knows you can't beat the system... everyone but V.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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Bigger Than You Figure.

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Hot Comics

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Infocom Presents Lane Mastodon or Infocomics

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First Line: Hi, I'm Lane Mastodon, all-around hero. But more on that later... I'm here to tell you about Infocomics!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17.
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88 Annuals

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17. Includes images of the covers of Superman Annual (DC, 1987 Series) #2, Batman Annual (DC, 1961 Series) #12 and Star Trek Annual (DC, 1985 Series) #3. The Superman Annual is incorrectly labeled in the text as #12.
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Write Right Now!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21. Nineteen ads for various products.
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It's a Jungle Out There!

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First Line: New Format monthly series starting in May
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear John & Co., Thank you for Action #597.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3195
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Tim Hasci, C.P. Cagle, Peter Perez, David Metz, Andrew Kaplan, Patrick O'Connor, T.M. Maple and Jacob Gilbert; responses from Renee Witterstaetter.
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[untitled]

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First Line: What's the next step with the cyborg warrior we develope?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Think or Swim.

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First Line: Skulking deep beneath the ice waters of the North Atlantic lies the menace of the advanced Soviet nuclear submarine.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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