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Issue: Superman #223
Publication Date: January 1970
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Issues: #223 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/06/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B544890. Also in Comic Reader #75.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Half a Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; The Galactons
First Line: Sorry, Superman...but our tests reveal that you now have only fifty percent of your powers!
Synopsis: Girl super-club, the Galactons, rejects Superman because their machine shows he's lost half his powers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #135 published November 1970
as Half a Superman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-378
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Half a Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; the Galactons [Nula [Supergirl]; Elura; Alena]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Vax-Nor (introduction, released); Kur-Dul (introduction, released); Gor-Nu (introduction, villain); Jax-Ur; Kru-El]
First Line: Hurry! We must get Superman back to Earth at once!
Synopsis: In order to keep Superman safely out of Kandor, Supergirl and two Kandorian women pose as the Galactons. The Phantom Zone criminal Gor-Nu is released long enough to help save Kandor.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1970 published May 1970
as Halv helt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #135 published November 1970
as Half A Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #36 published January 1981
as Ein halber Held [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21.83
Job Number: W-375
Disclose Notes: Story across 23 pages, but pages 9 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 19 is a 1/2-page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Shorty
First Line: Wow - this aircraft carrier is big!
Synopsis: On an aircraft carrier, Shorty is given the opportunity to direct a plane to a landing.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #10/1970 published May 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-257
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What Do These Covers Have in Common?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (various)
Inker(s): ? (various)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-258
Disclose Notes: Reprints covers from 4 comics that feature 2 Supermen on each cover
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-522

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