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Issue: Adventures of Superman #440
Publication Date: May 1988
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Issues: #440 of 230 Issues (499 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/26/1988
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Carlin
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #48, confirmed from copyright registration.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dave Gibbons (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway [as Da Ordster] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #10/1989 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #53 published October 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1989 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Hurrieder I Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne (co-plot, script); Jerry Ordway (co-plot)
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway
Inker(s): Dennis Janke
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin [as Tony Tollin]
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superman robot; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Lois Lane; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Professor Emil Hamilton; Jerry White; Jose Delgado; Supergirl [Matrix] (cameo); Martha Kent; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Morgan Edge; Pearl
Synopsis: Batman gives Superman the results of the mysterious scrapbook, noting that he now knows Superman is Clark Kent, with Superman responding that he knows Batman is Bruce Wayne. Superman gives the scrapbook to Ma Kent for safekeeping, only to find out it was hers all along, and that it's been missing for awhile.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermán #53 published October 1988
as Entre más Prisa Tengo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1989 published January 1989
as Stevnemøtet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: G-3723
Disclose Notes: Story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #600.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Renee Witterstaetter
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: L-3135
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Kent Farris, Dale Coe, Joe Frank, Tim Dwyer, Charles D. Brown and Jimmy Fears - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

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