Superman
#391
[Direct]
(January 1984)
DC,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.25 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-09-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Who Kidnapped Lana Lang?
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-4260
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Reprints
-
in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #12/1984 -
in Superman (Egmont UK, 1988 series) #2 [inset panel (altered)] -
in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #23 (1984) -
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #82 (juin 1984) -
in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1984 (uke 46 1984) -
in Super-Heróis (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1982 series) #39 (Outubro de 1985) -
in Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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Who Stole the Newswoman of the Year?
Superman / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates; Elliot S! Maggin
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Dave Hunt
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Vartox (Guest Star); Lana Lang; Justin Moore (Cub Reporter); Lois Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Jonathan Kent (Flashback Cameo); Martha Kent (Flashback Cameo); Wallace Gurkheim (Lana Lang's Secret Admirer); Squeezy (Bank Robber); Grunt (Bank Robber); Wheels (Bank Robber); Goopel (Alien from the planet Lyra-Eight); Srakka (Dybbuk alien)
- Synopsis
- Vartox kidnaps Lana Lang and Superman tries to find where she is hidden. It is revealed that Vartox is being controlled by a Dybbuk alien.
- Reprints
- in Stålmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #12/1984
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #23 (1984)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #82 (juin 1984)
- in Superserien (Semic, 1982 series) #12/1984 (uke 46 1984)
- in Super-Heróis (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1982 series) #39 (Outubro de 1985)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Who Kidnapped Lana Lang?
Superman -
1.
Who Stole the Newswoman of the Year?
Superman -
2.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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