Super Soldier #1 [Direct Sales]
(April 1996)

DC, 1996 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1996-02-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Amalgam
Barcode
761941207148 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Mike McAvennie (credited) (editor); KC Carlson (credited) (editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Part of the DC/Marvel mashed-up Amalgam universe. Super Soldier is a mash-up of Superman and Captain America.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Soldier / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Gibbons (signed as G.)
Inks
Dave Gibbons (signed as G.)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Super Soldier; Ultra-Metallo
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Super Soldier (DC, 1996 series) #1 [Direct Sales] Cover Thumbnail for Super Soldier (1996 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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Secret of the K-Bombs (Table of Contents: 1)

Super Soldier / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited) (co-plot, script); Dave Gibbons (co-plot)
Pencils
Dave Gibbons (credited)
Inks
Dave Gibbons (credited)
Colors
Angus McKie (credited)
Letters
Dave Gibbons (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The space rocket landed in 1938.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Super Soldier [Clark Kent]; James Olsen; Lex Luthor; Ultra-Metallo; Sharon Carter
Synopsis
Super Soldier finally defeats Luthor and Ultra Metallo.
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Indexer Notes

Amalgam of Superman and Captain America.

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

Mail Call / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Faux letters page with letters from "readers" Simon Shuster, Otto Sternbyrne, and Kirby Siegel. Letter response from Smilin' Mike "The Man" McArlson.

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

AmalgamNation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Super Soldier
  2. 1. Secret of the K-Bombs
    Super Soldier
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail Call
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    AmalgamNation
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Terry Collier
  • Ralf Haring
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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