Superman #399 [Direct]
(September 1984)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-05-22
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); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Man Who Saw Superman Die! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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The Man Who Saw Superman Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4403
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Dr. Isaacs; Colonel Future [Edmond Hamilton]; Gregory Reed (actor); Carl Baker (villain); Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis
Ed Hamilton has a vision of the future where he sees Superman shot and killed by a handgun and seeks to stop that future from taking place.
Reprints

Spotlight On... All-Star Squadron (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4448

Never Too Busy for a Fan! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joey Cavalieri
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Donovan Klein
Synopsis
Superman tracks down a terrorist organization.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Saw Superman Die!
    Superman
  2. 1. The Man Who Saw Superman Die!
    Superman
  3. 2. Spotlight On... All-Star Squadron
    Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  5. 4. Never Too Busy for a Fan!
    Superman
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