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Issue: Superman #401

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Publication Date: November 1984

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Issues: #401 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 07/17/1984

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

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:

Variants3

Superman #401 [Direct]

Superman #401 [CA Cover Price]

Superman #401 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In5

2 Content Items
- Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever! [Illustration on Cover, Front]0
- Operation: False Front! [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever! [Illustration on Cover, Front]2
- Operation: False Front! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman

Reprinting

In Issue:

Stålmannen #12/1985 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Supermann #12/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #1/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Operation: False Front!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lex Luthor (villain); Wanda Nordo; Pluto Statler; Plato Statler; Jack (cameo); Elaine (cameo); Lois Lane

Synopsis: Superman is trapped in Lex Luthor's warsuit and has to think his way out.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Stålmannen #12/1985 published ?

In Content Item: Flag

Superman #1/1985 published January 1985
as Supermans Freund - Lex Luthor? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 24

Job Number: S-4372

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: "Cover" to the "Bonus Flash Force 2000 Comic." Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Driving Force!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Character(s): Flash Force 2000 (first appearance)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: Special insert also appearing in several other DC comics. It consists of a quasi-cover, a 14-page story, and then a 1 page ad for the Flash Force 2000 toy vehicles (by Matchbox Toys USA).

Introducing Flash Force 2000

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Flash Force 2000

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: S-4492

Notes: Letters from: Dale Coe, Jim Toste, Neil Ahlquist (two letters), John Lavernovitch, Etienne Heffel, Keith Sawyer, Peter Ho, Brian Galloway, Joe Torcivia, and Todd "CK" Freeman.