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Issue: Superman: Secret Origin #4
Publication Date: March 2010
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Issues: #4 of 6 Issues (12 Printings)
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Variant: Gary Frank Fortress Cover
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 01/27/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76194128598600411
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: This issue went on sale 5 weeks late from the solicited date. "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 1/20/10."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gary Frank
Inker(s): Gary Frank
Colorist(s): Brad Anderson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jor-El; Lara
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover blends in with the other covers in this series to form one continuous image.
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Parasites

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Geoff Johns
Penciller(s): Gary Frank
Inker(s): Jon Sibal
Colorist(s): Brad Anderson
Letterer(s): Steve Wands
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Parasite [Rudy Jones]; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Ron Troupe (cameo); Steve Lombard (cameo); Catherine Grant (cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: Luthor has his daily pick of someone to help, and (with the aid of his staff), picks Daily Planet employee Rudy Jones. Taken inside, Rudy snacks on free donuts while Luthor says what will happen to him, before turning him over to his team for tests. Lois and Clark are "invited" to Lexcorp to talk over what happened the previous day with Superman. Jones finishes the tests, but drops one of the donuts into some hazardous chemicals that had spilled on the floor. He eats it anyway, but then starts to morph into a strange creature, attacks a bystander, and bursts into the room where Lex is meeting with Lois and Clark. Clark slips away in the confusion, and as Superman takes the creature outside to the street. But the creature attacks Superman, draining him. Superman gets away, and counter-attacks with heat vision and super-breath to defeat him. Luthor observes this, and confronts Superman, accusing him of being an invader. Superman flies off, and goes to the Daily Planet roof to think, where he finds Jimmy. They start talking, and realize that neither has any friends in Metropolis, and decide to be friends. Jimmy asks to take his picture, and Superman agrees. Luthor looks at newspapers, most playing up Luthor's angle of an invading Superman; except the Planet, in which Lois' article (with Jimmy's photo) calls Superman a savior.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Secret Origin The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published February 2010
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.
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Hey DC Nation, Do We have Big News For You! [January 27, 2010

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): DC Nation
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A promo for "Smallville - Absolute Justice" TV show, featuring the Justice Society and written by Geoff Johns. Appears on page 42 in this issue.
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House Advertisements

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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: House ads for: Blackest Night (Checklist Part 3), Green Lantern: Secret Origin softcover, DC Dynamics statues, Batman and Robin, Outsiders, and Absolute Green Lantern: Rebirth. Appear in various places in this issue.
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Ads

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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Total of 4 one-page ads for: Soul Eater (DVD, Funimation.com), The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art (art training), FreeRealms (online game, Sony Online Entertainment), and Glory of Heracles (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.

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