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Issue: Superman #284
Publication Date: February 1975
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Issues: #284 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/19/1974
Volume: 37
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Most information indexed confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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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 In8
Disclose Reprinted From6
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Superboy Battles Superman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Superboy; Lois Lane; Borko; Boscar
Synopsis: Daily Planet shows pictures of Superboy slugging Superman and sending him flying, Superman carving statue of Clark Kent, and Superman in athletic contest with Borko and Boscar.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1976 published July 1976
as Superboy mot Supermann [Illustration on Cover, Front]edited reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-1881
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-1204
Disclose Notes: Original image was the cover of Superman #183, and has Superman holding splash pages of the stories reprinted in that issue. Image as presented here has been repurposed to serve as a table of contents, and replaces the splash pages with newspaper style pages describing the stories appearing in this issue. A fourth "page" has been added to the lower right corner of the image.
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The Secret Guardian of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy Robot (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Pete Ross; Lana Lang; Smallville Police Chief Douglas Parker
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #5 published January 1975
as Superman 5. Superband [Credits on Interior Page(s)]splash page only
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #4 published January 1975
as Der geheime Wächter von Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #4 published January 1975
as Teil 1 - Der Wächter naht… [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #4 published January 1975
as Teil 2 - Der Wächter geht… [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1976 published July 1976
as Smallvilles hemmelige vokter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: S-1828
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Super-Puzzle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-3
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The Interplanetary Olympics!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rogan (villain); Boscar (villain); Borko (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #304 published September 1963
was The Interplanetary Olympics! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
Job Number: N-1158
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King of the Comic Books!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nazi saboteurs (villains); Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Frank Frederick; Carson Steele; Henry Jones; Geezer
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #25 published November 1943
was King of the Comic Books [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-1159
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A Modern Alice in Wonderland!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rufe (villain); Superman; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Alice Neal; Perry White; Lewis Repertory Players acting group
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #199 published March 1976
as A Modern Alice In Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #41 published July 1946
was A Modern Alice in Wonderland! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: N-1160
Disclose Notes: Based on comparing this story to Sam Citron’s known work on Classics Illustrated 10 [HRN 140] and the DC Mr. District Attorney series, art credit must be Pete Riss.
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Gate-Crashers in the Fortress of Solitude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (various)
Inker(s): ? (various)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Batman; Brainiac; Lex Luthor; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Tal-Var
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #4 [unnamed variant] published January 1976
as Einbruch in die Festung der Einsamkeit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: N-1126
Disclose Notes: Various intuders in the Fortress illustrated with details from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #241, World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #100, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #97, World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #164, and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #87.
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Superman Owes a Billion Dollars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Aquaman (guest appearance); Professor Potter; Bizarro #1; Lori Lemaris; Rupert Brand (intro, an IRS agent); Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
Synopsis: An IRS agent decides that Superman owes back taxes and Superman must pay withing 24 hours.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #148 published October 1961
was Superman Owes a Billion Dollars! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: N-1157
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The Death of Clark Kent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Clark Kent; Professor Fergusson; Lois Lane
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #42 published September 1946
was The Death of Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: N-1161
Disclose Notes: No villain.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-1885

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