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Issue: Superman #19
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #19 of 231 Issues (509 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893067507
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Michael Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #137.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Power Failure

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway [as Da Ordster] (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway [as Da Ordster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Power That Failed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Beatty
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Cat Grant; Jimmy Olsen; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Lois Lane; Sarah Olsen; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave (villain, introduction); Psi-Phon [J'ankway] (villain, introduction); Dreadnaught [Breemmill] (villain, introduction); Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Gretchen Kelley
Synopsis: A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3728
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #442.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Renee Witterstaetter
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3162
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Brian Simpson, Jeff Mitchell, Roger D. Case, Joe Frank, Mathew A. Young, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dennis Tucker, Stephen Robinson, Jonathan Ezor and Greg Manter - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

The third printing only has the first of the two pages, stopping in the middle of Ann C.H. Brachwitz's letter.
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House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different house ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: six house ads for: Annual 88 (Infinity Inc. Annual #2, Spectre Annual #1, and Young All Stars Annual #1), Batman: The Cult, Action Comics, Power of the Atom, Who's Who Update 1988, and Great DC Deals! (subscription ad, expires April 10, 1988).

Third printing: three house ads for: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652).
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed); ?
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: five ad pages for: Zip-Poom Jolly Rancher Stix (candy, Leaf, art by Don Martin); Games with Memories You Won't Forget (video games, FCI), Body Builder (models, MPC), Write Right Now! (classified ads, Print Advertising Representatives, 1/2 page), Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions (conventions, Creation's Science Fiction and Comic World, 1/2 page), and Forgotten Realms Black Wizards Book Two: The Moonshae Tilogy (book, TSR).

Third printing: nine ad pages for: Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).

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