Superman
#299
(May 1976)
DC,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 38
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-02-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Barcode
- 0709893067505
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Bob Rozakis (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #127.
The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-2260
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Prankster; Brainiac; Terra-Man; Toyman; Kryptonite Man; Amalak; Parasite
- Synopsis
- Villains taunt empty costume of invisible Superman.
- Reprints
-
in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1126 (12 de octubre de 1977) -
in Stålmannen (Semic, 1976 series) #11/1978 (1978) [edited reprint] which is reprinted -
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #8/1978 (uke 42 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits corrected by Michael Slark via the GCD Error Tracker and confirmed by The Comics Reader #127 and The Amazing World of DC Comics #10. We formerly credited Ernie Chan.
The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!
Superman / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Cary Bates; Elliot Maggin
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Bob Oksner; Bob Wiacek ? (backgrounds)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda (sourced)
- Job Number
- S-2205
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Xviar [Mr. Xavier] (villain); Terra-Man [Toby Manning] (villain); Toyman [Jack Nimball] (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Brainiac (villain); Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Prankster [Oswald Loomis] (villain); Amalak (villain); Parasite [Maxwell Jensen] (villain); Kryptonite Man (villain); Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Steve Lombard; Solarman; Jimmy Olsen; Morgan Edge
- Synopsis
- Superman must face several of his greatest foes, but it is part of Xviar's master plan.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #4 (1976) -
in Superman (Editrice Cenisio, 1976 series) #9 (Settembre 1976) - in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1126 (12 de octubre de 1977)
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #8/1978 (uke 42 1978)
-
in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #27 (novembre 1979) [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]] -
in The Great Superman Comic Book Collection (DC, 1981 series) (1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-2268
Indexer Notes
Letters from Richy Forman, Mark Zutkoff, and Bob Kanefsky.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bernard Kashdan (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Reported circulation: 644,000 (average), 578,311 (nearest issue)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!
Superman -
1.
Batman and Twinkieless Gotham City
Batman; Hostess Twinkies -
2.
The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!
Superman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
4.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Dave Marchand
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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