Superman Official Annual
#1982
(1982)
Egmont UK,
1979? Series
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 80
- On-sale Date
- 1981
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- London Editions Limited
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
0-86030-332-2
- Barcode
- ?
The Hero Superman Doomed to Die!
Superman / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- B-1164
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The grim spectre of impending doom hangs heavy over the Houston Space Center one morning...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Morgan Edge; Sean Carter; Darkseid (mentioned)
- Synopsis
- Superman finds himself unable to rescue a stranded astronaut.
- Reprints
-
from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #408 (January 1972)
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Alakazam...It's Magic!
The Private Life of Clark Kent / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S-3308
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent; Stephen Marco
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent does magic tricks for a boy in his building named Stephen Marco. While performing a trick one Saturday he stops a gang of thieves from robbing the building.
- Reprints
- from The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #201 (May-June 1980)
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Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Chase to the End of Time!
The Flash; Superman / comic story / 18 pages
- Job Number
- S-2782
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For years the Action Ace and the Scarlet Speedster have been colleagues and friends!
- Feature Logo
The Flash; 
Superman [classic design, angled u bottom]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Islayn (villain, a Volkir); Aylem (villain, a Zelkot); Iylar; Reverse-Flash [Professor Zoom; Eobard Thawne] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The warring alien races the Volkir and the Zelkot come to Earth in pursuit of Zelkot Iylar who hopes to travel through time and prevent the aliens' war from ever beginning. The Zelkot threaten to destroy Earth if The Flash does not help Iylar complete his mission. But after The Flash heads off after Iylar, the Volkir convince Superman to stop Iylar or he will change history and Krypton will explode eons earlier than it did.
- Reprints
- from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #1 (July-August 1978)
-
- Keywords
- Cosmic Curtain; Earth-One; Q-Energy; Rosemont; Superman-Flash race; timestream; Vibra-Beam
Indexer Notes
The 4th Superman-Flash race, after Superman #199, Flash #175 and World's Finest Comics #198-199.
Superman II
Special Movie Feature / text article / 6 pages
Indexer Notes
Article about Superman II movie.
Race to the End of Time!
The Flash; Superman / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López
- Inks
- Dan Adkins
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Job Number
- S-2805
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Wildfire; Mon-El; Cosmic Boy; Princess Projectra]; Reverse-Flash [Professor Zoom; Eobard Thawne]; Iylar; a Zelkot; a Volkir
- Synopsis
- In the 25th century, Superman secretly helps Flash deal with Professor Zoom, before the two head off again across time after Iylar, who is trying to reach the past and end an alien civil war before it began. Flash wants to make sure Iylar makes it through time, so that the Zelkot do not destroy Earth. Superman wants to ensure the war begins so that the Volkir visit Earth in the past and seed life on it. After a number of stops across time, Superman and Flash catch up to Iylar, stop him from preventing the war, and neutralize the aliens' threat against the Earth in the present.
- Reprints
- from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #2 (September-October 1978)
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- Keywords
- Superman-Flash race
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
The Hero Superman Doomed to Die!
Superman -
2.
Alakazam...It's Magic!
The Private Life of Clark Kent -
3.
Chase to the End of Time!
The Flash; Superman -
4.
Superman II
Special Movie Feature -
5.
Race to the End of Time!
The Flash; Superman
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- Stephen Mitchell
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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