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Issue: DC Special Series #5
Publication Date: November 1977
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Issues: #5 of 27 Issues (32 Printings)
Title: Superman Spectacular
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/02/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893366311
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1977. Date given as August 2 in a house ad in Detective Comics #473. Date given as August 3 in Comic Reader #146.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S. (#1-17, 20-22); digest (#18, 19, 23, 24); tabloid (#25-27)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-17, 20-22, 25-27); squarebound (#18, 19, 23, 24)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In13
Disclose Reprinted From4
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Eine neue Superstory in Superlänge! Superman gegen seine größten Feinde! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2709
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-2582
Disclose Notes: Introduction/table of contents for the story.
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[Chapter One] The Second Coming of Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Teil 1: Supermans Wiederkunft [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann årsalbum #1980 published January 1980
as Supermann kommer tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #59 [Direct Sales] published April 1985
as The Second Coming of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Chapter Two: The First Coming of Superman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Teil 2: Die Stunde Null [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann årsalbum #1980 published January 1980
as Supermann kommer tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #59 [Direct Sales] published April 1985
as Chapter Two: The First Coming of Superman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Cooky La Moo on Broadway

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chapter Three: A God Walks among Us!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Teil 3: Ein Gott unter uns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann årsalbum #1980 published January 1980
as Supermann kommer tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #59 [Direct Sales] published April 1985
as Chapter Three: A God Walks Among Us! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Chapter Four: The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Lamartine (idea)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #10 [unnamed variant] published January 1978
as Teil 4: Und ONZR lebt doch! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann årsalbum #1980 published January 1980
as Supermann kommer tilbake! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #59 [Direct Sales] published April 1985
as Chapter Four: The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Super-Symposium: Should Superman Marry Lois Lane?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Beth Montelone
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #19 published August 1960art only
From Issue: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #36 published October 1962art only
From Issue: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #37 published November 1962art only
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #128 published December 1972
was Death Waits to Kiss the Bride! [Illustration on Cover, Front]art only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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