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Issue: Superman #281
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #281 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/13/1974
Volume: 36
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lois Lane; Vartox
Synopsis: Crying Superman cradles dead Lois as Vartox gloats about payback for death of his wife.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1975 published January 1975
as kein Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1817
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Mystery Mission to Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Frank Sykes (villain); Superman; Vartox (intro); Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Teddy Sykes
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1975 published January 1975
as Geheime Mission in Metropolis - Kapitel Eins : "Der Racheschwur" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1975 published January 1975
as Geheime Mission in Metropolis - Kapitel Zwei : "Schuld und Sühne" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #9/1978 published January 1978
as Det mystiske oppdraget i Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #53 published January 1983
as Geheime Mission in Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #32 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter One: The Mystery Unravels... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #32 [Direct Sales] published January 1983
as Mystery Mission to Metropolis! Chapter Two: ...And the Mission Begins! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1794
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Vartox.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1823

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