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Issue: Superman #23
Publication Date: November 1988
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Issues: #23 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: 07/21/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Eighties #[nn] published June 2006
as Post-Crisis [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Free with Proofs of Purchase M&M's Painter's Cap

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First Line: Also available: M&M's custom designed shirt
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Curse of the Banshee

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain O'Conner (first appearance); Bevan McDougal (villain); Seamus McDougal (villain, first appearance; Bevan's uncle); the Crone (villain, first appearance)
First Line: For the past few years, reporter Clark Kent has made his home in the Clinton Apartments.
Synopsis: Superman, Lois and Jimmy head for Ireland and learn the origin of Silver Banshee.
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3840
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12 Hot Hits for a Cool Penny

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First Line: Plus a chance to get 2 more free!
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Write Right Now!

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Discover the World of Dragonlance

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First Line: An ongoing series in DC's new format beginning in August
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Just Imagine! The Mightiest Heroes of Our Time...

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First Line: Secret Origins #33-35 A three-issue special series
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Campaign 88

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Character(s): Senator Joe Cray
First Line: Suicide Squad style Betrayal and murder
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First Line: Dear Mike and Renee, Mike Mignola's guest appearance as penciller of Superman #18 was a reminder of just how fine an artist he is.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3270
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Malcolm Bourne, Michael Butler, Nik Norton, James A. Best, Ed Copenhagen, Mark Gilson, George Gustines, Wayde Hambe, Eric Buscher, Craig Andrew Phillippe and John D. Wagner - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.
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Someone Will Die Because the Joker Wants Revenge.

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First Line: Batman 426 and 427. Both on sale in September.
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Gobble the Power Pellets or Get Gobbled by Ghosts!Gobble the Power Pellets or Get Gobbled by Ghosts!

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First Line: Yes, the ever-loveable, ever-ravenous Pac-Man is back!
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Welcome to the 25th Century!

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First Line: Buck Rogers, the super hero of cosmic comat, blasts off with all new adventure books and a board game from TSR.
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