Superman #383 [Direct]
(May 1983)

DC, 1939 Series
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Volume
45
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-01-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Caught in the Act! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paris Cullins (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4097
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
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Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Your World or Your Life, Superman-- One Must Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4078
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Chuck (contruction worker); Perry White; Lana Lang; Morgan Edge; Steve Lombard; Kyle (cameraman); Mace (construction worker); Justin Moore (cub reporter); Harold (security guard); Jimmy Olsen; Robrox
Synopsis
Robrox awakens from beneath Metropolis to save the Earth from a menace accidentally caused by Superman.
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Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López (logo); Dave Hunt (illustration)
Inks
? (logo); Dave Hunt (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4102

Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Includes a small drawing of The Bizarro Julius Schwartz! by Dave Hunt.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Caught in the Act!
    Superman
  2. 1. Your World or Your Life, Superman-- One Must Die!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
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