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Issue: DC Comics Presents: Superman #1
Publication Date: October 2004
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/04/2004
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194124461700111
Price: $3.85 CAD
$2.50 USD
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Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This is one of 8 tribute issues published this month to honor Julie Schwartz. The two stories inside are based on the cover, a device Julie Schwartz used to inspire his writers.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!

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Superman
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Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #264 (June 1973).
The Phantom Quarterback

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superhero
Superman; Harold Gorky; Tank Torgan; Tiffany; Sam "Sagebrush" Sourdough
To get the attention of his assistant Tiffany, Professor Gorky creates an invisible robot to defeat the star athlete in a football game where Superman just happens to be a guest referee.
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Secret of the Phantom Quarterback

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superhero
Superman [Clark Kent]; Steve Lombard; Jimmy Olsen
Football quarterback Steve Lombard takes drugs which cause him to turn invisible and release energy blasts. Superman takes him for a run on the Cosmic Treadmill until he uses up all his extra energy. His football career over, Lombard considers a career in sports journalism.
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The other football players mentioned -- Fox, Broome, Bates, Maggin, and Pasko -- are names from Julius Schwartz' stable of writers, i.e., Gardner Fox, John Broome, Cary Bates, Elliot S! Maggin, and Marty Pasko. Also, incidental characters Curt and Murphy are named after classic Superman artists Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.
For Julie Schwartz

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Superman; Julius Schwartz
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Julius Schwartz memorium.
Superman #264

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Superman
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FlagSuperman #264 published June 1973
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