Adventures of Superman #560 [Direct Sales]
(August 1998)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1998-06-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200033 56011
Editing
Maureen McTigue (associate editor); Joey Cavalieri (editor)

Issue Notes

1998 Triangle #30.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Grummett (signed)
Colors
Patrick Martin
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Cover pencilled on blue-line paper and laid over the covers to Adventures of Superman #558 and 559.

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The Super-Rivalry That Rocked Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Karl Kesel (Plot); Jerry Ordway
Pencils
Tom Grummett (layout art)
Inks
Denis Rodier (finished art)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (Separations)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Emil Hamilton; Jor-El; Lara; Kismet; Toyman; Pa Kent (flashback); Ma Kent (flashback); Lana Lang (flashback); Lex Luthor (flashback)
Synopsis
Batman comes to Metropolis and makes time with Lois. Superman gets a big head when he is exposed to red kryptonite. Batman informs Supes that they are brothers and were both raised by the Kents. Superman's parents show up and ask him to return to what is left of Krypton society. Things begin to unravel with the arrival of Kismet.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #747. Story is done completely in a Silver Age style.

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

Kryptograms / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Super-Rivalry That Rocked Metropolis!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
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  • Thomas Kina
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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