(July 1980)
- Price:
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [bullet]
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz; William M Palmer
- Format:
- Standard US dimensions; color; saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
Compliments of Radio Shack. This comic also appeared as an insert in several comics in July 1980, including Action Comics (1938 series) #509, New Adventures of Superboy (1980 series) #7, Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #265, and House of Mystery (1951 series) #282.
Indicia: SUPERMAN IN "THE COMPUTERS THAT SAVED METROPOLIS" (July 1980) is published by DC COMICS INC., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019 for Radio Shack, a division of Tandy Corporation, One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, U.S.A. Copyright © 1980 DC Comics Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nothing may be reprinted in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Superman and Lana Lang are trademarks of and copyrighted by DC Comics Inc.; Radio Shack, The Biggest Name In Little Computers, and TRS-80 are trademarks of Radio Shack, a division of the Tandy Corporation. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in U.S.A.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #7 (July 1980)
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The Computers That Saved Metropolis!
Superman / comic story / 29 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cary Bates
- Pencils:
- Jim Starlin
- Inks:
- Dick Giordano
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); William Schockley (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel Scientist, Cameo); Lana Lang
- Synopsis:
- Alec and Shanna use a pair of TRS-80 computers to help Superman stop Major Disaster after Superman's powers become difficult for him to control.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #509 (July 1980)
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #282 (July 1980)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1980 series) #265 (July 1980)
- in The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #7 (July 1980)
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Indexer Notes
For some reason, the prologue page is not included in the page numbering. It is also not included in the reprintings that ran in some July 1980 DC comics.
[Ads]
advertisement / 6 pages
Indexer Notes
Total of 6 one-page ads for: TRS-80 Network I (network controller, Radio Shack), TRS-80 (computer, Radio Shack), TRS-80 Catalog (computers, Radio Shack), Science Fair Story of Electronics (giveaway, Radio Shack), Science Fair Kits (electronic kits, Radio Shack), and Free Teaching Aids (teacher resources, Radio Shack). Appear on pages 2, 4, and 33-36 in the issue.
Table of Contents
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[Ads]
- Allen Ross
- Mike Nielsen
- Allen Ross
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