Adventures of Superman #573 [Direct Sales]
(December 1999)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.99 USD; 3.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1999-10-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200033 57311
Editing
Eddie Berganza (editor); Maureen McTigue (associate editor)

Issue Notes

1999 Triangle #47.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Phil Jimenez
Inks
Phil Jimenez
Colors
Liquid!
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Higher Ground (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stuart Immonen (plot); Mark Millar (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Epting
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (colors); Wildstorm FX (separations)
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Perry White; Mayor Sackett; Jerome Odetts; Professor Chiang; Lex Luthor; Hope (first appearance); Mercy (first appearance)
Synopsis
Superman feels powerless to stop Lex Luthor from foreclosing on an old man's farm that is blocking the development of a new skyscraper. He reflects on a situation that came up when he was a teen, and that inspires him to find a solution.
Reprints

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

Kryptograms / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Higher Ground
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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