Super Friends #43 [Newsstand]
(April 1981)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1981-01-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
A DC TV Comic [bullet]
Barcode
0709893066804
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #187.
This issue is a variant of Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #43 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Friends / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3571
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Batman; Superman; Aquaman; Robin; Futurio-XX; Plastic Man (inset)
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Cover Thumbnail for Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #43 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Super Friends (1976 series) #43 [Direct]
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Futurio Times Ten! (Table of Contents: 1)

Super Friends / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
S-3559
Genre
superhero
Characters
Zan; Jayna; Gleek; Superman; Wonder Woman; Batman; Robing; Aquaman; Overlord; Futurio-XX (Overlord's super-evolved clone, intro); The Green Fury
Synopsis
The Overlord sends Futurio-XX to imprison the Super Friends, but Green Fury's dazzle power saves the day.
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A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Super Fans / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3576

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike Christiansen, Jordan B. Gorfinkel, Al Schroeder III, Dusty Leary, John Punturieri, and Neil Ahlquist.

Mouth-Trap! (Table of Contents: 4)

Plastic Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Len Wein
Job Number
J-6966
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
Plastic Man; Woozy Winks; Chatterbox [Lou Kwashus] (Intro); Ice-Maven Izzy; Berlitz; Webster
Synopsis
Chatterbox owes the mob money and has been stealing diamonds.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Super Friends
  2. 1. Futurio Times Ten!
    Super Friends
  3. 2. A Matter of Good Taste
    Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Super Fans
  5. 4. Mouth-Trap!
    Plastic Man
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  • CTGarry
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Vik-Thor Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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