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Issue: Adventures of Superman #457
Publication Date: August 1989
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Issues: #457 of 230 Issues (529 Printings)
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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: 06/29/1989
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Intergang Strikes Back!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Intergang
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #4/1991 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in Action Comics #8 published January 1991
as Der Stählerne gegen Matrix [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Turn Your House Into a Sewer

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First Line: Ultragames has lifted the lid on the hottest rock 'em, sock 'em video game ever to grace the sewers...
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Echoes

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Andre LeBlanc (first appearance); Andrea; Sheriff Dobbs; Intergang (villains)
First Line: Superman... I haven't really had the chance to tell you... it's good to have you back!
Synopsis: Intergang attempts to kill Lois, Cat and Clark. After touching the Eradicator, Matrix mimics Superman's every action, resulting in the destruction of a store in Smallville.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman in Action Comics #8 published January 1991
as Echo in der Ferne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-4923
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Take No Prisoners.

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First Line: Operation Wolf for your Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales...

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First Line: You've had so much fun getting dirty! It's home to the bath for you two!
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Acclaim Presents Kid Remote in the Power to Move!

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First Line: ...stuck in a rut...
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New! Batman Greatest Stories Ever Told...

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First Line: No, this is not a mistake.
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Comic Book Conventions!

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First Line: July schedule
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Headquarters for Batman

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Batman

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First Line: Write for our huge catalog
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Write Right Now!

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[untitled]

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First Line: If you're following our other Superman titles (and who these days isn't?) you noted a new lettercolumn heading last week in Superman #34.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from readers Uncle Elvis, Mike Alleni, Malcolm Bourne, Lon Wolf, Howard T. Kidd, Russ Bedell, Charles D. Brown, and Robert A. Lugibihl - and responses from Mike Carlin.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Video games just got a lot easier to order!
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Radical Action

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First Line: Stand by, gamers! Capcom introduces two new thrilling games to its Nintendo series.
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