Superman #116 [Newsstand]
(October 1996)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
725274306756 38
Editing
Joey Cavalieri; Mike McAvennie (associate)

Issue Notes

1996 Triangle #37.
This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #116 [Direct Sales]. There exist further variants:

The Bottle City, Part 3 of 3 (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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[The Bottle City, Part 3 of 3] Sacrifice for a Superman (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Ron Frenz (layouts)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (finishes)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Franklin Stern; Ron Troupe; Professor Emil Hamilton; Dan Turpin; Cil Gand (dies); Tupperneep; Tolos
Synopsis
The bottle city's still in danger, and Big Blue must do everything he can to save it - even if it costs a life!
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Superman: The Man of Steel #60.

Teen Titans #1 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Teen Titans / preview (from the publisher) / 8 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Mike McAvennie
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

Curt Swan 1920-1996 (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Tribute/obituary for Curt Swan.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Bottle City, Part 3 of 3
    Superman
  2. 1. [The Bottle City, Part 3 of 3] Sacrifice for a Superman
    Superman
  3. 2. Teen Titans #1
    Teen Titans
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  5. 4. Curt Swan 1920-1996
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