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Issue: Superman: The Man of Steel #55

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Publication Date: April 1996

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Detail

Issues: #55 of 137 Issues (285 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct Sales

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 02/22/1996

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76194120050705511

Price: $2.75 CAD
$1.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): KC Carlson; Mike McAvennie (assistant)

Notes: 1996 Triangle #15.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants2

Superman: The Man of Steel #55 [Direct Sales]

Superman: The Man of Steel #55 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- The Heat Is On! [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- Something Fishy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (4 total)

The Heat Is On!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove (signed)

Inker(s): Dennis Janke (signed)

Colorist(s): Color Works

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: The Man of Steel #59 [Direct Sales] published August 1996
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]cover

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #28 published April 1998
as Superman - the man of steel #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Something Fishy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Louise Simonson

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove

Inker(s): Dennis Janke

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)

Letterer(s): Ken Lopez

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Alpha Centurion [Marcus Aelius]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Lori Lemaris; Jeb Friedman (death); Allie; Commissioner Bill Henderson; Frankie Calamari (death); Commissioner Railwood

Synopsis: Jeb takes a bullet from the mob to save Lois Lane.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #28 published April 1998
as Something fishy - Fischen will gelernt sein! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Comics Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Comics Buyer's Guide

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Mike McAvennie

Penciller(s): Jon Bogdanove

Inker(s): Dennis Janke

Colorist(s): Marjorie Strauss [as Marjorie Straus]; Android Images (separations)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Tempered Steel

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Freelance

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

Superman: The Man of Steel #51 [Direct Sales] published December 1995
was The Trial of Superman! Sky Pirates! [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover minus text

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Shannon Alexander, Chris Khalaf, Edward J. Dillon, Adam Lawson, Brian Miller and Ben Gliva - and responses from Mike McAvennie.