Superman #408 [Newsstand]
(June 1985)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-03-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067506
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #13.
This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #408 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan (signed as HANNIGAN)
Inks
Al Williamson (signed as Williamson)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They did it! They finally had a nuclear war!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

The Day the Earth Died! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan (credited) (plot); Paul Kupperberg (credited) (script)
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Al Williamson (credited)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Ed King (credited)

Job Number
S-4564
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One morning at 344 Clinton Street in Metropolis...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Synopsis
Superman contemplates disarming all the nuclear weapons on Earth.
Reprints

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-4618

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Zuckerman, Jeffrey Lowndes, Dale Cole, Rick (L.A.) Steel.

Warship! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)
Pencils
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Gene D'Angelo (credited)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)

Job Number
S-4596
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are times when even Superman has to get away from it all.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis
Superman encounters a generational starship the size of a planet and helps them find a world to inhabit.
Reprints

Ben Oda Remembered (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They did it! They finally had a nuclear war!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Day the Earth Died!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  4. 3. Warship!
    Superman
  5. 4. Ben Oda Remembered
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by
  • Jim Van Dore