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Issue: Superman #16
Publication Date: April 1988
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Issues: #16 of 231 Issues (526 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1987
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: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #47, confirmed from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Perfidious Perils of the Pusillanimous Prankster!

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Genres: superhero
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #8/1989 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1989 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): DC
First Line: The 1988 DC Comics calendar is too buy to show on page, too big to show on one page, too great to describe in just a few words...
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Pages: 1
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He Only Laughs When I Hurt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pete James Shoemaker; Billy; Tom; Betsy (Morgan Edge's secretary); Lt. Shaw
First Line: Metropolis... Christmas week... a time when even the world's busiest super-hero can find a moment for peaceful reflections...
Synopsis: The Prankster strikes.
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In Issue: FlagStålmannen #8/1989 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1989 published January 1989
as Han ler bare når det gjør vondt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3643 ?
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Don't Be Furious! Get Curious!

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First Line: Ever been bothered because you didn't understand how something worked?
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Character(s): Aoife
First Line: A new land! A new fight for freedom! And... a very old enemy!
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Prizes or Cash

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First Line: Join today! Start earning big prizes or cash right away.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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DC Comics Sale

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Blast-off!

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First Line: With Zanac and Lunar Pool
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First Line: As long as there are evil men, good men cannot turn away.
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Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17.
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Write Right Now!

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Fifty Years of Superman in Action Comics

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First Line: Join Supeman & Wonder Woman and John Byrne & George Perez...
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First Line: To start out with, a short apology -- for neglecting to mention back in Superman #12 that Bill Finger was also involved in bringing the saga of Lori Lemaris to our attention lo these many years ago.
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Job Number: L-3085
Disclose Notes: Letters from: William Waldman, Johny Q., Kiril Kundurazieff, Jeff Mitchell, Fred L. Cain, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, David Metz, Mark Billian, Marc Ouellette, Nicholas J. Taylor and Roger D. Case.
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Now, You Can Be the Next Joe!

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First Line: You can be a Real American Hero and get a G.I. Joe action figure of you plus your own personalized file card.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Triple Threat! Triple Vette!

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First Line: Three big hits in one big kit!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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