Superman: The Man of Steel #55 [Direct Sales]
(April 1996)

DC, 1991 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-02-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200507 05511
Editing
KC Carlson (editor); Mike McAvennie (assistant)

Issue Notes

1996 Triangle #15.
This issue has variants:

The Heat Is On! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors
Graphic Color Works (as Color Works)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Something Fishy (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Alpha Centurion [Marcus Aelius]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Lori Lemaris; Jeb Friedman (death); Allie; Commissioner Bill Henderson; Frankie Calamari (death); Commissioner Railwood
Synopsis
Jeb takes a bullet from the mob to save Lois Lane.
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Comics Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards (Table of Contents: 2)

Comics Buyer's Guide / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

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

Tempered Steel / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Android Images (separations); Marjorie Strauss
Letters
typeset
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Freelance
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Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Shannon Alexander, Chris Khalaf, Edward J. Dillon, Adam Lawson, Brian Miller and Ben Gliva - and responses from Mike McAvennie.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Heat Is On!
    Superman
  2. 1. Something Fishy
    Superman
  3. 2. Comics Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards
    Comics Buyer's Guide
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tempered Steel
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Jim Van Dore
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