Superman #281
(November 1974)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
36
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-08-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
The Line of DC Super-Stars
Editing
Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-1817
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Vartox
Synopsis
Crying Superman cradles dead Lois as Vartox gloats about payback for death of his wife.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Mystery Mission to Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-1794
Genre
superhero
Characters
Frank Sykes (villain); Superman; Vartox (intro); Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Teddy Sykes
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Vartox.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-1823
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Mystery Mission to Metropolis!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore