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Issue: Superman Spectacular #1
Publication Date: January 1982
 
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Publisher: FlagEgmont UK
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Indicia Publisher: London Editions Magazines
On Sale Date: 1982
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: 0861730410
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Price: £0.75 GBP
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Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz; Vanessa Morgan (UK editor)
Disclose Notes: Printed in West Germany. This book contains material that was prepared by the U.S. editorial team for the German market. It was first presented in German in Superman Album (Ehapa Verlag, 1982 series) #1 and is copyright 1981. It was then published in English here and in Superman Spectacular (DC, 1982 series) #nn.
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Color: Four Colour
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Alan Craddock
Alan Craddock
Alan Craddock?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Superman-Red; Superman-Blue; Lex Luthor; Terra-Man; Nova (flying horse)
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The Startling Saga of... ...Superman-Red & Superman-Blue

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Adrian Gonzales
Vince Coletta
Jerry Serpe
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superhero
Superman
Superman
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Title page and indicia page. The title page says "DC Super Heroes Presents Superman Spectacular". Image of Superman taken from Page 6 of this issue.
Startling Saga of Superman-Red & Superman-Blue!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Rozakis (plot); Paul Kupperberg (script)
Adrian Gonzales
Vince Coletta
Jerry Serpe
John Costanza
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent] (also as Superman-Red and Superman-Blue); Lex Luthor (villain); Terra-Man (villain); Nova (flying horse); Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Inspector Henderson; Steve Lombard; Superboy (in flashback)
Terra-Man discovers kryptonite in the asteroid belt and offers to share it with Luthor to destroy Superman. When Terra-Man attacks Superman, Luthor is shocked to learn it is red kryptonite, which has unpredictable effects on Kryptonians. It causes Superman to split into two bodies, one with a red costume and one with a blue costume. Later, Luthor reveals to Terra-Man that he has succeeded in opening a rift to another universe where magic dominates over science. He creates a device to control that magic. After Superman's two bodies merge back into one, he defeats both Luthor and Terra-Man.
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This is the first in-continuity appearance of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue. They had appeared earlier in an imaginary story in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #162 (July 1963).
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superhero
Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Flash; Swamp Thing; Huntress; Hawkman; Joker; Solomon Grundy
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House ad for The Superheroes Monthly.

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