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Issue: Action Comics #591
Publication Date: August 1987
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Issues: #591 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/05/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

This issue was previously indexed as containing a "Meanwhile" column. However, the column was not published in the Direct variant. It is uncertain if the column was included in the Newsstand or Canadian variants.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In8
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Superman vs. Superboy

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
First Line: Smallville isn't big enough for the both of us, Superman!
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #3/1988 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1988 published January 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDer Neue Superman #2/1988 published January 1988
as Superman gegen Superboy [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Action Comics #591 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Packs of Fun for Everyone!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Past Imperfect

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: I have no choice, Legionnaires.
Synopsis: The Time Trapper explains how he created the Pocket Universe. Superman and Superboy stop fighting and the Legion and Superboy take off in pursuit of the Time Trapper.
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #3/1988 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1988 published January 1988
as Gutt mot mann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDer Neue Superman #2/1988 published January 1988
as Superman gegen Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #4 published October 2005
as Past Imperfect [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3228
Disclose Notes: The existence of the pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion stories are reconciled with the current Superman continuity. Story continues from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #8 and story continues in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1984 series) #38.
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Build a Reputation.

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First Line: When you build a model, you build a reputation, too. A reputation for hard work. Care and concentration. Attention to detail.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Be a Big-Orange-Big-Shot with Tang

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First Line: Get all of this big orange stuff when you collect the labels on jars of Tang.
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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Zittles:

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First Line: Paperbacne: The kind of acne you'd like to hide behind a book.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Stealth Wave of the Future... Today

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First Line: Your assignment, as PIC (Pilot in Command), is to fly a low or high level intruder mission while avoiding radar detection and missiles!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Hey Kids! Fly High

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First Line: The best tasting bubble gums under the sun!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17.
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Everybody Talks About Terrorism... He Does Something About It!

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First Line: DC's newest super-hero premiering in an action-packed four-issue mini-series! Starting in June.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17.
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Write Right Now!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21. Eighteen ads for various products.
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Yesterday He Lived in Film Fantasties... Today He Lives Them!

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First Line: DC presents Jonthan Lord in a new 12 issue maxi-series
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Dear Gang: Let us start by saying we enjoyed Action #587 and yeah, you guys are right, the Demon is one ugly dude!
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Pages: 2
Job Number: L-2797
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Paul and Randy Taylor-Rosenthal, Marc Mielke, Ronald Wilk, Fred L. DeBoom, Garrett H. Omata, David Alan Wright and Vince Bayless.
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Buy Three and Get One Free!!!

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Feature(s): DC
First Line: Subscribe to any three DC titles and get a fourth subscriptin of your choice free!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Welcome to Basic Training.

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First Line: Don't be deceived by the name -- the only thing basic about Dungeons & Dragons Set #1 is how easy it makes it to beging your quest.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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