(July 1977)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume
40
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-04-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893041007
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #142.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan (signed as Swan)
Inks
Neal Adams (signed as Adams)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Job Number
S-2617
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're all as strong as Superman! Hold him while I destroy him!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Faora; Zod; Jax-Ur; Kru-El
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Birds of a Feather (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Great Phantom Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda (sourced)

Job Number
S-2611
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl; Faora Hu-Ul; Jax-Ur; General Zod; Professor Vakox; Kru-El; at least nine escaped Phantom Zone criminals; Jackson Porter; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Steve Lombard; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis
With everyone in Metropolis stuck in the Phantom Zone, Superman battles the Phantom Zone villains by infiltrating them. Then he has to survive a beating from them long enough for everyone to switch places.
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman in Action / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (signed as E. N. B.)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-2623

Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call? (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

#13 Paul Levitz (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You're all as strong as Superman! Hold him while I destroy him!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Birds of a Feather
    Batman and Robin; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. The Great Phantom Peril!
    Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman in Action
  5. 4. Remember the Five-Cent Phone Call?
    DC Publishorial
  6. 5. #13 Paul Levitz
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore