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Issue: Adventures of Superman #552
Publication Date: November 1997
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Issues: #552 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: 09/17/1997
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120003355211
Price: $2.75 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1997 Triangle #45.
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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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Power Grab!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Parasite
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #58 published September 1999
as The Adventures of Superman #552 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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Control of Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Perry White; Ron Troupe; Dirk Armstrong; Simone DeNiege; Inspector Maggie Sawyer; Inspector Dan Turpin; Mensa; Parasite [Rudy Jones / Doctor Torval Freeman]; Intergang [Boss Moxie; Rough House; Torcher; Noose; Mike "Machine" Gunn]; Dabney Donovan; Lex Luthor; Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza
Synopsis: Intergang steals some scientific equipment and kidnaps a scientist working for Luthor, whom they hold for ransom. Superman battles the Parasite. Luthor fights Intergang and takes over.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #58 published September 1999
as Machtkontrolle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Action Comics #739.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kryptograms
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

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