(July 1983)
- Volume:
- 6
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was Ongoing
[Why Me?]
Superman and the Legion of Substitute Heroes / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Keith Giffen (signed)
- Inks:
- Mike DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- S-4129
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Polar Boy; Color Kid]; Superman
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([March] 2009)
Indexer Notes
Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Ambush Bug II
Superman and the Legion of Substitute Heroes / comic story / 23 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Keith Giffen (story); Paul Levitz (additional dialogue)
- Pencils:
- Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Kurt Schaffenberger (finished art)
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- S-4118
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Legion of Substitute-Heroes [Polar Boy; Infection Lass; Porcupine Pete; Chlorophyll Kid; Stone Boy; Fire Lad; Color Kid; Antennae Lad; Double-Header]; Superman; Ambush Bug; Chief Zendak of the Science Police; Superman Museum; green kryptonite (photo); red kryptonite (photo)
- Synopsis:
- Ambush Bug hops on Superman's back just as he's going into the future. They both land in the 30th century. Superman leaves Ambush Bug in the custody of the Legion of Substitute-Heroes where he promptly breaks out and begins to wreck havoc on 30th century Metropolis.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #50 [Direct] (July 1984)
- in Showcase Presents Ambush Bug (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([March] 2009)
Indexer Notes
Job number, page count, and credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.
Pair Mail
Pair Mail / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- S-4134
Indexer Notes
Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. These records also note "Giffen letter."
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Ambush Bug II
Superman and the Legion of Substitute Heroes -
2.
Pair Mail
Pair Mail
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Terry Jeffress
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Donald Dale Milne
- Clayton Emery
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