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Issue: Superman #187
Publication Date: June 1966
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Issues: #187 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: 04/14/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G23 and as G-23 on indicia page.

On-sale date from ad in Challengers of the Unknown #50 and 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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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Superman's Inner Sanctum!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Sixties #[nn] published November 1999
as The Mythology [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #261 published February 1960
was Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman's Fortresses of Solitude!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Anti-Superman Gang (villains); Mars-Ol; Ra-Ho; Lois Lane (statue); Jimmy Olsen (statue); Jor-El (statue); Perry White (statue); Martha Kent (statue); Lori Lemaris (statue); Urko the Terrible (flashback)
First Line: Whenever Superman wants to get away from it all
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #261 published February 1960
was Superman's Fortresses of Solitude! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
First Line: Dad, this roll-on deodorant bottle is empty.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6412
Disclose Notes: Idea from Gary Palmatier, Montebello, Cal.
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The Boy in the Bottle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sylvia; Lili; Lyle; Lona Lemais
First Line: Unfortunately, you're doomed to remain tiny for the rest of your life, Jimmy!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53 published June 1961
was The Boy in the Bottle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Tales of the Imitation Fortresses

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: history of "other" Fortresses of Solitude
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Superman's Hall of Trophies!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #164 published January 1952
was Superman's Hall of Trophies! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman's Hall of Trophies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Stefan Andriessen
First Line: Many and varied are the trophies of Superman's past deeds
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #164 published January 1952
was Superman's Hall of Trophies! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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A Look at Superman's First Fortress from the 1942 Story "Muscles for Sale!"

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Long before he built his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic, Superman created a different cliffside retreat.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman #17 published July 1942
was Muscles for Sale [Story on Interior Page(s)]two page excerpt
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Pages: 2
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Three Nights in the Fortress of Solitude!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
First Line: One day, as Superman takes Lois Lane to visit his secret Fortress of Solitude, the visit is extended to seventy-two hours by a strange twist of fate!
Synopsis: Lois spends three nights in the Fortress of Solitude.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #14 published January 1960
was Three Nights in the Fortress of Solitude! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Superman's Undersea Kingdom!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #244 published September 1958
was Superman's Undersea Kingdom! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Super-Merman of the Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Vul-Kor; Lya-La
First Line: What is Superman were not around to patrol Metropolis and the world for crime and danger?
Synopsis: Superman pretends to join forces with underwater-dwelling aliens in order to trick them into believing Earth's seas are too salty for them.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #244 published September 1958
was The Super-Merman of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Your Free Trip Around the World!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Land of One Million Supermen!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #233 published October 1957
was The Land of One Million Supermen! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Land of a Million Supermen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Borgonia; Torm (villain)
First Line: The Man of Steel encounters the greatest mystery of his career
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #233 published October 1957
was The Land of a Million Supermen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12

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