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Issue: Adventures of Superman #500
Publication Date: June 1993
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Issues: #500 of 230 Issues (529 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/15/1993
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.25 CAD
£1.00 GBP
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1993 Triangle #11.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Back from the Dead?!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El; Blaze [Angela Blaze]; Kismet; Cleric
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo design revision credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Life After Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (as a spirit); Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Kismet; Harry Kent (hallucination); Cat Grant; Peter; Vincent Edge; Ty; Jimmy Olsen; Ron Troupe; High-Pockets; Cindy; Clarice Day; Inspector Bill Henderson; Cleric (demon; villain); Blaze [Angela Blaze] (villain); Prankster [Oswald Loomis] (villain)
Synopsis: After suffering a heart attack, Jonathan's spirit joins Clark's in the astral plane. Jonathan must get Clark to clear his head, or else he might end up in Blaze's domain... forever.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Life After Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #2 published February 2006
as Life After Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 38
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First Sighting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): John Henry Irons (first appearance); White Rabbit [Angora Lapin] (first appearance; villain); The Dragons [Homes; Wheels; Hype (death)] (villains); The Sharks (villains)
Synopsis: In the midst of a battle between rival gangs, John Henry Irons rises from the rubble of the battle between Superman and Doomsday.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Return of Superman #[nn] [unnamed variant] published December 1993
as First Sighting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #22.
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First Sighting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Eradicator
Character(s): Eradicator (first appearance); Darryl Wilbur (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis: A guy tries to hijack a car, and is pursued by the cold Last Son of Krypton.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Return of Superman #[nn] [unnamed variant] published December 1993
as First Sighting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #687.
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First Sighting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy (first appearance; Superman clone); Guardian [Jim Harper]; Newsboy Legion [Tommy; Flip; Gabby; Big Words; Scrapper]; Paul Westfield; Carl Packard
Synopsis: Superboy escapes from Cadmus with the help of the Newsboy Legion.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Return of Superman #[nn] [unnamed variant] published December 1993
as First Sighting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #501.
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First Sighting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Cyborg Superman
Character(s): Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
Synopsis: Superman returns to Metropolis, but portions of his body have been replaced with cybernetic parts.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Return of Superman #[nn] [unnamed variant] published December 1993
as First Sighting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #78.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Larry Piona, Paul N. Hicks, Melissa Page, Alan C. Carroll, Kate Murray and Philip Youngman - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

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