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Issue: DC Comics Presents #38
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #38 of 97 Issues (266 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/09/1981
Volume: 4
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893121610
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #192.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: You're too late to halt the fastest man alive, Superman!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3701
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Stop the World -- I Want to Go Home!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Minaar (villain); Klaanu (villain); Syryna (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: S-3550
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Lights... Camera... Crime!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Crime Director
Synopsis: The Crime Director is supervising a robbery at the Gotham National Bank until Batman distracts his henchmen with Twinkies.
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Pages: 1
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Superman and His Co-Stars!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This pinup is the center-fold of the comic, between pages 13 and 14 of the Superman story.
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Whatever Happened to... the Crimson Avenger?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Umberto; Umberto's mother; pirates (villains)
Synopsis: Worrying he might not be remembered as a hero as he discovers he is dying, Crimson Avenger saves a young boy from falling from his apartment building. Then, Crimson Avenger saves the city when he pilots a flaming oil tanker out to sea, but no one knew his name. Still, the boy's mother knows him, and will pass the name along.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3623
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3707
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Michael Burkhalter, Mark LaGasse, The Ramblin' Jersey, Mark Ryan, Todd McFarlane, and Sam Alleycan.

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