Superman #397 [Canadian]
(July 1984)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-04-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893067507
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #397 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Born-Again Kryptonite Man (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Born-Again Kryptonite Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto
Inks
Eduardo Barreto
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4152
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Josh Coyle; Lana Lang; Kryptonite Man (villain)
Reprints
Keywords
green kryptonite; Krypton

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Supergirl (DC, 1983 series) #21 (July 1984).

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4389

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from David Parrella, C.C.L., Peter Ho, Ivan Cohen, Jeffrey Lowndes, Andrew Gold, Charles D. Brown, Jim Toste, and Andrew MacLaney.

"Continued Next Column" Column (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Born-Again Kryptonite Man
    Superman
  2. 1. The Born-Again Kryptonite Man!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  4. 3. "Continued Next Column" Column
    Meanwhile...
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