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Issue: Superman #185
Publication Date: April 1966
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Issues: #185 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/03/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Superman's Achilles' Heel!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): "Gat" Gronn's gang
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman's Achilles' Heel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ajax (flashback); "Gat" Gronn (introduction, villain); "Gat" Gronn's gang
Synopsis: The Man of Steel resorts to wearing a steel box on his right hand after red kryptonite gives him a vulnerable "Achilles' Heel".
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1967 published January 1967
as Supermann's achilles-hæl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #19/1967 published September 1967
as Supermans Achillesferse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #[nn] published January 1981
as Supermanns akilleshæl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jim Walker; we previously credited Al Plastino.
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What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metropolis Mailbag
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters from Gail Campbell, Irene Vartanoff, Frank Wallace, Rod Farrell, Richard Stevens, Harvey Pierce, Perry Farmer.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Part I: Target Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dolores Rivera (introduction); José Rivera (introduction); Manuel; Superman robot [XM21]; other Superman robots
Synopsis: Rich Dolores Rivera uses her fortune to try to snare Superman, however she finds that it is Clark that she prefers.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #90 published February 1967
as Target Superman (Part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #26/1967 published December 1967
as Grosswild Superman (Teil 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Part II: The Irresistible Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dolores Rivera; José Rivera; Superman robot [XM21]
Synopsis: Vol-Don of the Look-Alike Squad of Kandor impersonates Clark Kent to help Superman, however in a twist of fate, he then falls in love with Dolores Rivera.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #90 published February 1967
as The Irresistible Clark Kent (Part 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1968 published January 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1968 published January 1968
as Clark Kent, der Herzensbrecher (2.Teil) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Vol-Don is not yet married in this issue. Reference is made to Superboy (1949 series) #118, wherein Vol-Don is married and has a teen-aged son, Varn.

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