Superman #355 [Direct]
(January 1981)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
43
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks
Jim Starlin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3492
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Incredible! That creature's pulling you away from me with a power greater than mine!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Superman-I (inset); Superman-II (inset); Superman-III (inset)
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Momentus, Master of the Moon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3467
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Momentus [Dr. Ezaak] (Villain); Lois Lane; Dr. Jenet Klyburn; Perry White; Lana Lang
Synopsis
Dr. Ezaak becomes Momentus when experimenting with gravity.
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Indexer Notes

The character of Dr. Asa Ezaak is a parody of Isaac Asimov.

Aquaman and the Space Capsule (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Current Super-Attractions (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Destruction of New Metropolis! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman 2020 / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Joe Staton
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3447
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman-I; Superman-II; Superman-III [Kalel Kent; Superman 2020] (grandson of the original Superman)
Synopsis
Superman-III alerts Superman-I and Superman-II of the bomb hidden in New Metropolis and then captures the bombers.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3498
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Incredible! That creature's pulling you away from me with a power greater than mine!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Momentus, Master of the Moon!
    Superman
  3. 2. Aquaman and the Space Capsule
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. Current Super-Attractions
  5. 4. The Destruction of New Metropolis!
    Superman 2020
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
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