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Issue: Superman #193
Publication Date: January 1967
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Issues: #193 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: 11/10/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G31 and as G-31 on indicia page.

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:  
Disclose Reprinted In2
Disclose Reprinted From7
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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The Greatest Super-Stories Published During the Last 28 Years!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bizarros;
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1967 published August 1967
as Supermanns død [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[The Death of Superman!] Part 1: Lex Luthor, Hero!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duke Garner (villain); Al Mantz (villain); Sykes (Prison Guard)
First Line: Presenting: an exciting, three-part imaginary novel (which may actually never happen, but then again may!) full of astounding surprises!
Synopsis: Lex Luthor discovers a cure for cancer and with the help of Superman he is paroled from prison.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #149 published November 1961
was [The Death of Superman!] Part I: Lex Luthor, Hero! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: 3-part imaginary story
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More Sensational Super-Stories

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A list of several other sensational Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: I'm building an incubator device for drying the paint on my models fast!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6466
Disclose Notes: "Thanks to - Willaim Sproat, Waynesboro, PA"
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[The Death of Superman!] Part II: Luthor's Super-Bodyguard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Duke Garner (villain); Al Mantz (villain)
First Line: You have now seen how Luthor invented a cure for cancer that transformed the convict into a world-wide hero overnight!
Synopsis: Lex Luthor reveals that he was only pretending to be good and kills Superman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #149 published November 1961
was [The Death of Superman!] Part II: Luthor's Super-Bodyguard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Imaginary story.
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Other Unusual Adventures

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A list of several other unusual Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue.
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Champs Against Odds!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Mickey Mantle; Wilma Rudolph; Ben Hogan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[The Death of Superman!] Part III: The Death of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman robots; Sylvia (cameo)
First Line: What is the reaction of the world, and the entire universe, to the destruction of Superman?
Synopsis: Superman is buried and Supergirl brings Lex Luthor to justice.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #149 published November 1961
was [The Death of Superman!] Part III: The Death of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Imaginary story
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Further Perplexing Puzzle Tales

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A list of several other perplexing Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Superman's Lost Parents!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cedric Carson [as Jonathan Kent] (villain); Millicent Carson [as Martha Kent] (villain); Superman robots
First Line: Who is it that Clark Superman Kent entertains in his apartment one evening, joyfully calling them mom and dad?
Synopsis: Ma and Pa Kent seemingly arrive in the present in a time bubble, and Superman is so happy to see them that he shows them all the secrets of his adult life. But Ma and Pa turn out to be con artists who blackmail Superman with the knowledge of his double identity secret.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #247 published December 1958
was Superman's Lost Parents! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
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Extra Exciting Episodes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A list of several other extra exciting Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue.
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The Stolen "S" Shirts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: S stands for Superman -- but it also stands for sinister!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #16/1969 published November 1969
as Skjortetyveriene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #197 published October 1954
was The Stolen 'S' Shirts [Story on Interior Page(s)]a few modifications
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: There are small modifications to the original version on three pages: on the third and eighth pages lines were added to indicate his use of his vision powers and on the ninth page a reference to the "heat" of his "x-ray vision" was changed to the "rays" of his "heat vision."
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The First Superman of Krypton

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Val Arn (villain, flashback); Khai Zor (villain, flashback)
First Line: This was Krypton, my native world!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #223 published December 1956
was The First Superman of Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Story credited elsewhere to Jerry Coleman.
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"The Guilty Bizarro!" or "It's Nice to Be Wanted!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: Inhabiting the cockeyed Bizarro World are hordes of Bizarros and Bizarro-Loises, pathetic, imperfect imitations of Superman and Lois Lane...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #286 published July 1961
was Bizarro, Private Detective! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and abbreviated
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Disclose Notes: 1 page cut (second half of page 11 and first half of page 12); original title "Bizarro, Private Detective!"
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Additional Rip-Roaring Riots

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A list of several other rip-roaring, hilarious, and wildly funny Superman stories that were considered for reprinting in this issue.

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