The Phantom Zone #1 [Direct]
(January 1982)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Todd Klein (series logo design)
Job Number
C-775
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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The Haunting of Charlie Kweskill! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
J-7691
Genre
superhero
Characters
Perry White; Charlie Kweskill [Quex-Ul]; Jor-El; Lara; Gra-Mo; Gra-Mo's two assistants; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; Professor Va-Kox; Dr. Xadu; Faora Hu-Ul; General Zod; Az-Rel (introduction); Nadira (introduction); Kru-El; Mon-El; Jer-Em; Erndine Ze-Da (mentioned); Ar-Ual (mentioned); Cha-Mel (mentioned); Vorb-Un (mentioned); Ak-Var (mentioned); Roz-Em (mentioned); Shyla Kor-Onn (mentioned); Gaz-Or (mentioned); Ras-Krom (mentioned); Tor-An (mentioned); Orn-Zu (mentioned); Tra-Gob (mentioned); Bal-Gra (mentioned); Vor-Kil (mentioned); Vax-Nor (mentioned); Kur-Dul (mentioned)] (some appear only in Quex-Ul's repressed memories); Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang
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Keywords
Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

A character who appears to be Thul-Kar appears in the background of the Phantom Zone on page 17, however this must be some other character since Thul-Kar does not enter the Zone until Krypton's last day (see issue #3).

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

The Editorial Zone / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-894

Indexer Notes

Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. History of the Phantom Zone. It is said that the Phantom Zone first appeared in Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. The Haunting of Charlie Kweskill!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Editorial Zone
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