Superman #387 [Direct]
(September 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
1983-05-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Conqueror from the Past! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4178
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; The Planeteer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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The Conqueror from the Past! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (Plot); Paul Kupperberg (Script)
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-5060
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; The Planeteer; Josh Coyle; Lana Lang; Jack (TV sound man); Leo (TV Cameraman); United States President (un-named, but similar to Ronald Reagan); Russian Premier; Batman (cameo); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (cameo); Red Tornado (cameo); Jimmy Olsen; English Prime Minister; Japanese Prime Minister; German Chancellor; Walter Conrad (GBS news anchor); Ms. James (Walter's secretary); Mr. Mason; Mrs. Mason
Synopsis
The Planeteer captures six world leaders on the eve of a peace conference.
Reprints
Keywords
electromagnet; Fortress of Solitude; Galaxy Building; Giza; magnetism; Metropolis; North Sea; Sahara Desert; sea monsters; signal watch; Sphinx

Indexer Notes

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

Story continues in Action Comics #547. The last two tiers of page 23 are newly added in order to split the story into two parts.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4183

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Conqueror from the Past!
    Superman
  2. 1. The Conqueror from the Past!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
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  • Lou Mazzella
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  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Richard Thomson
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