Superman #72 [Direct]
(October 1992)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-08-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)

Issue Notes

1992 Triangle #38.
This issue has variants:

Crisis at Hand, Part 2 of Two: Powerless! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
Brett Breeding
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Rage (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brad Vancata (finishes)
Inks
Brad Vancata
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Lois Lane; Inspector Henderson (first chronological appearance in flashback); Andrea Johnson; Jerry Johnson; Teddy Johnson; Robyn McGill (flashback; death); Mrs. McGill (flashback; Martin's mother); Gary Johnson (villain); Martin McGill (flashback; villain)
Synopsis
Clark tells Lois what happened in the first domestic abuse case he got involved in, and then he and Lois prevent Gary from potentially killing his wife, and gets her to seek help from a domestic abuse shelter.

Indexer Notes

Story continued from SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #16.

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jennifer Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Lucas, James G. Kingman (2 letters), James Evans, John Kolb, Simon DelMonte, Paul N. Hicks, and Dominator.

Subscribe Now! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 7 pages (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Crisis at Hand, Part 2 of Two: Powerless!
    Superman
  2. 1. Rage
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  4. 3. Subscribe Now!
  5. 4. [House Advertisements]
  6. 5. [Ads]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Kina
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Martin Olsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore
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