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Issue: Adventures of Superman #499
Publication Date: February 1993
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Issues: #499 of 230 Issues (529 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/31/1992
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 1993 Triangle #7.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Funeral for a Friend/5

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (statue)
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Grave Obsession [Funeral for a Friend, Part 5]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse); Supergirl [Matrix]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Elroy (cat); Inspector Bill Henderson; Dan Turpin; Rusty (first appearance); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Ramirez Cane; Bibbo Bibbowski; Underworlders; Lex Luthor (villain); Clawster (villain); Bog (villain); Mick (villain); Hammer (villain)
First Line: EEE-BEEP-EE-BEEP-EE-BEEP-EE-BEEP
Synopsis: Lex Luthor and Dan Turpin both find out about the break-in to Superman's tomb. Supergirl and Turpin investigate the tunnels below the tomb, and end up battling the Underworlders.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Grave Obsession [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: G-8260
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #76 and story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #686.
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You May Think It's Not Your Problem... Think Again.

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [John Stewart]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A public service announcement presented by DC Comics to raise AIDS-awareness providing three phone numbers: one for the National AIDS Hotline, one for the QMHC in New York, and one for the AIDS Project of Los Angeles, California.
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Kryptograms

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Letters from readers - Thomas McNulty, Jim Kelly, Jamie Ewing, Ben Herman, J. Vicko, Kevin Hall and Joe Frank - and responses from Jennifer Frank.
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Pages: 2

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