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Issue: Adventures of Superman #431
Publication Date: August 1987
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Issues: #431 of 230 Issues (529 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/19/1987
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893114008
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
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Editor(s): Andy Helfer; Mike Carlin
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #39.
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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
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Genres: superhero
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They Call Him -- Doctor Stratos

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Eddie; Gopher; Dr. Stratos [Constantine] (villain, introduction); Emil Markos (villain, dies); Marianne (villain); Hodor (villain); The McGuffin Mob (villains, introduction)
First Line: At this moment, 311 needy children in Metro Park are entering the "Build a Super Snowman" contest.
Synopsis: Superman battle Dr. Stratos, a man who thinks he's a god, and who currently has control over the world's weather.
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Job Number: G-3207
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Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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Build a Reputation.

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First Line: When you build a model, you build a reputation, too. A reputation for hard work. Care and concentration. Attention to detail.
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Be a Big-Orange-Big-Shot with Tang

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First Line: Get all of this big orange stuff when you collect the labels on jars of Tang.
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Zittles:

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First Line: Paperbacne: The kind of acne you'd like to hide behind a book.
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Stealth Wave of the Future... Today

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First Line: Your assignment, as PIC (Pilot in Command), is to fly a low or high level intruder mission while avoiding radar detection and missiles!
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Hey Kids! Fly High

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First Line: The best tasting bubble gums under the sun!
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Everybody Talks About Terrorism... He Does Something About It!

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First Line: DC's newest super-hero premiering in an action-packed four-issue mini-series! Starting in June.
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Write Right Now!

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Yesterday He Lived in Film Fantasties... Today He Lives Them!

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First Line: DC presents Jonthan Lord in a new 12 issue maxi-series
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First Line: Dear Andy and Mike: Adventures of Superman #427 was, to say the least, a very unusual issue.
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Job Number: L-2760
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers - Jon A. Hand, Mike Hansberry, Frank Balkin, DeWitt Douglas Kilgore and T.M. Maple - and responses from Mike Carlin.
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Buy Three and Get One Free!!!

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First Line: Subscribe to any three DC titles and get a fourth subscriptin of your choice free!
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Welcome to Basic Training.

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First Line: Don't be deceived by the name -- the only thing basic about Dungeons & Dragons Set #1 is how easy it makes it to beging your quest.
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