World of Smallville #4 [Newsstand]
(July 1988)

DC, 1988 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-04-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893070007
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor); Dick Giordano (credited) (executive editor); Renee Witterstaetter (credited as Renée Witterstaetter) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #137.
This issue is a variant of World of Smallville (DC, 1988 series) #4 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Chapter Four: Return to Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lana Lang
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Return to Smallville (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (credited)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Carrie Spiegle (credited)
Job Number
G-3730
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Clark...!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Perry White (flashback); Dr. Fogelman (flashback); VILLAINS: Manhunter robots (flashback); Dr. Whitney (Manhunter robot; flashback)
Synopsis
Lana relates her experiences in Metropolis and Smallville while under Manhunter control.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This issue continues the explanation of how Lana Lang became an agent of the Manhunters in MILLENNIUM (DC, 1988 mini-series).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Chapter Four: Return to Smallville!
    Superman
  2. 1. Return to Smallville
    Superman
This issue was modified by
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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