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Issue: Adventures of Superman #499

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Publication Date: February 1993

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Issues: #499 of 230 Issues (499 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 12/31/1992

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.50 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)

Notes: 1993 Triangle #7.

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Format

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:

Variants2

Adventures of Superman #499 [Direct]

Adventures of Superman #499 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Funeral for a Friend/5 [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Grave Obsession [Funeral for a Friend, Part 5] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

Funeral for a Friend/5

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Tom Grummett (signed)

Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood (signed)

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (statue)

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Grave Obsession [Funeral for a Friend, Part 5]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jerry Ordway

Penciller(s): Tom Grummett

Inker(s): Doug Hazlewood

Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore

Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse); Supergirl [Matrix]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Elroy (cat); Inspector Bill Henderson; Dan Turpin; Rusty (first appearance); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Ramirez Cane; Bibbo Bibbowski; Underworlders; Lex Luthor (villain); Clawster (villain); Bog (villain); Mick (villain); Hammer (villain)

Synopsis: Lex Luthor and Dan Turpin both find out about the break-in to Superman's tomb. Supergirl and Turpin investigate the tunnels below the tomb, and end up battling the Underworlders.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Grave Obsession [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-8260

Notes: Story continues from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #76 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #686.

You May Think It's Not Your Problem... Think Again.

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Joe Staton

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Green Lantern

Character(s): Green Lantern [John Stewart]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Public service announcement to raise AIDS-awareness.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jennifer Frank

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Kryptograms

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Thomas McNulty, Jim Kelly, Jamie Ewing, Ben Herman, J. Vicko, Kevin Hall and Joe Frank - and responses from Jennifer Frank.