(October 2004)
DC,
2004 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.50 USD; 3.85 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 2004-08-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 761941244617 00111
- Editing
- Mike Carlin (editor); Karen Berger (editor); Pornsak Pichetshote (assistant editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This is one of 8 tribute issues published this month to honor Julie Schwartz. The two stories inside are based on the cover, a device Julie Schwartz used to inspire his writers.
Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- in Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (DC, 2010 series) ([August] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #264 (June 1973).
The Phantom Quarterback
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Darwyn Cooke
- Inks
- J. Bone
- Colors
- Dave Stewart
- Letters
- Jared K. Fletcher
- Editing
- Mike Carlin
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Harold Gorky; Tank Torgan; Tiffany; Sam "Sagebrush" Sourdough
- Synopsis
- To get the attention of his assistant Tiffany, Professor Gorky creates an invisible robot to defeat the star athlete in a football game where Superman just happens to be a guest referee.
- Reprints
- in Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Darwyn Cooke (DC, 2015 series) ([December] 2015) which is reprinted
- in DC Comics the Art of Darwyn Cooke (DC, 2018 series) ([May] 2018)
-
Secret of the Phantom Quarterback
Superman / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz (Co-Plotter, Writer); Keith Giffen (Co-Plotter)
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Editing
- Karen Berger; Pornsak Pichetshote (assistant editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Steve Lombard; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- Football quarterback Steve Lombard takes drugs which cause him to turn invisible and release energy blasts. Superman takes him for a run on the Cosmic Treadmill until he uses up all his extra energy. His football career over, Lombard considers a career in sports journalism.
Indexer Notes
The other football players mentioned -- Fox, Broome, Bates, Maggin, and Pasko -- are names from Julius Schwartz' stable of writers, i.e., Gardner Fox, John Broome, Cary Bates, Elliot S! Maggin, and Marty Pasko. Also, incidental characters Curt and Murphy are named after classic Superman artists Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.
For Julie Schwartz
text article / 1 page
- Characters
- Superman; Julius Schwartz
Indexer Notes
Julius Schwartz memorium.
[Superman #264]
Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #264 (June 1973)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!
Superman -
1.
The Phantom Quarterback
Superman -
2.
Secret of the Phantom Quarterback
Superman -
3.
For Julie Schwartz
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4.
[Superman #264]
Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Pat Lang
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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