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Issue: Superman #238
Publication Date: June 1971
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Issues: #238 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Sand creature
Synopsis: Superman pleading with Sand creature for help
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1972 published April 1972
as Storspionen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #155 published July 1972
as Menace at 1,000 Degrees [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Seventies #[nn] published December 2000
as Classic Tales [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Superman #238 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-776
Disclose Notes: Credits for inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. The records list Murphy Anderson as penciler as well, suggesting that Infantino may have only done layouts on this cover with Anderson providing finished pencils and inks.
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Menace at 1000 Degrees!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Quig (villain); Clark Kent; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge; Lois Lane; Sand creature
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as Höllische Glut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1972 published April 1972
as Storspionen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperserien #2/1982 published January 1982
as Magma-truselen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #9 published January 1984
as Höllische Glut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore #[nn] published March 2009
as Menace at 1000 Degrees! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: S-774
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Includes a letter from Elliot S. Maggin.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-784
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A Name Is Born

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Du-Vor; Kryp; Tonn; Krypton
Synopsis: Du-Vor tells a fellow teacher the story of how two space explorers came to be stranded on ancient Krypton and began the Kryptonian race.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #18/1971 published September 1971
as Wie der Name Krypton entstand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1971 published December 1971
as Et navn blir født [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #40 [Direct Sales] published September 1983
as A Name Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The World of Krypton #[nn] published July 2008
as A Name Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-772
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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