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Issue: Superman #19
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #19 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: 03/22/1988
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: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Shipping date of March 22, 1988, per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.

The first and third printings have different house ads. Ads in the first printing are indexed. Third printing contains three house ads: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652); it also contains nine ad pages for Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Power Failure

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #12/1989 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1989 published January 1989
as Kreftene svikter! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Fred tried to show Stan the refreshing fruit flavor in Jolly Rancher Stix by using props.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Power That Failed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chris
First Line: Golly, Ms Grant, you sure have a great view...!!
Synopsis: A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.
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In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1989 published January 1989
as Kraften som sviktet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: They Saved Luthor's Brain! #[nn] published April 2000
as The Power That Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-3728
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #442.
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House Advertisements

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different house ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: six house ads for: Annual 88 (Infinity Inc. Annual #2, Spectre Annual #1, and Young All Stars Annual #1), Batman: The Cult, Action Comics, Power of the Atom, Who's Who Update 1988, and Great DC Deals! (subscription ad, expires April 10, 1988).

Third printing: three house ads for: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652).
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Games With Memories You Won't Forget

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5.
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Annual 88

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 4 and 5. Includes images of the covers of Infinity Inc. Annual (DC, 1985 Series) #2), The Spectre Annual (DC, 1988 Series) #1 and Young All-Stars Annual (DC, 1988 Series) #1.
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Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Martin (signed); ?
Inker(s): Don Martin (signed); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The first printing and the third printing have completely different ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: five ad pages for: Zip-Poom Jolly Rancher Stix (candy, Leaf, art by Don Martin); Games with Memories You Won't Forget (video games, FCI), Body Builder (models, MPC), Write Right Now! (classified ads, Print Advertising Representatives, 1/2 page), Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions (conventions, Creation's Science Fiction and Comic World, 1/2 page), and Forgotten Realms Black Wizards Book Two: The Moonshae Tilogy (book, TSR).

Third printing: nine ad pages for: Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).
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Body Builder.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Maybe it's a truck body. Maybe a racing car body. But whatever model you're building, you want it to look the best.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Batman: The Cult

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Here's never been broken -- until now!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 8 and 9.
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Write Right Now!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17. Above the Creation Comic Book Conventions ad.
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Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Coming to these cities on these dates
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17. Below the Write Right Now! ads.
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Action Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
First Line: Watch for grand opening
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 16 and 17.
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DC Does It Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Now it's the Atom's turn!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21.
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Who's W̶h̶o̶ Great in '88?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Who's Who in the DC Universe
Character(s): a Checkmate Knight
First Line: Update 1988 - four issues starting in April
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between story pages 20 and 21.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Mr. Carlin, Reading Supeman #15 was like licking a tongue depressor; Skyhook really gave me the willies (it was great, though).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3162
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Brian Simpson, Jeff Mitchell, Roger D. Case, Joe Frank, Mathew A. Young, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dennis Tucker, Stephen Robinson, Jonathan Ezor and Greg Manter; responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

The third printing only has the first of the two pages, stopping in the middle of Ann C.H. Brachwitz's letter.
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Great DC Deals!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Terror on the Isles.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Once again, the sinister forces of the supernatural cast the threat of destruction over the Moonshae Isles.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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