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Issue: Superman #238
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
On Sale Date: 04/15/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Sand creature
Superman pleading with Sand creature for help
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSupermann #4/1972 published April 1972
as Storspionen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman Supacomic #155 published July 1972
as Menace at 1,000 Degrees [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as Classic Tales [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Superman #238 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-776
Credits for inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records list Murphy Anderson as penciler as well, suggesting that Infantino may have only done layouts on this cover with Anderson providing finished pencils and inks.
Menace at 1000 Degrees!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Quig (villain); Clark Kent; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Lois Lane; Sand creature
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as Höllische Glut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #4/1972 published April 1972
as Storspionen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperserien #2/1982 published January 1982
as Magma-truselen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Extra #9 published January 1984
as Höllische Glut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Menace at 1000 Degrees! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
15
S-774
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Includes a letter from Elliot S. Maggin.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
S-784
A Name Is Born

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Du-Vor; Kryp; Tonn; Krypton
Du-Vor tells a fellow teacher the story of how two space explorers came to be stranded on ancient Krypton and began the Kryptonian race.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as Wie der Name Krypton entstand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSupermann #12/1971 published December 1971
as Et navn blir født [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #40 [Direct Sales] published September 1983
as A Name Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: The World of Krypton #[nn] published July 2008
as A Name Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
S-772
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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