Superman #401 [Direct]
(November 1984)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-07-17
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); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Operation: False Front! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4372
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lex Luthor (villain); Wanda Nordo; Pluto Statler; Plato Statler; Jack (cameo); Elaine (cameo); Lois Lane
Synopsis
Superman is trapped in Lex Luthor's warsuit and has to think his way out.
Reprints
Keywords
Kryptonese

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

Flash Force 2000 / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Denys Cowan (signed as Cowan)
Inks
Sal Trapani (signed as Trapani)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (feature logo design); ?
Genre
adventure; car

Indexer Notes

"Cover" to the "Bonus Flash Force 2000 Comic." Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Driving Force! (Table of Contents: 3)

Flash Force 2000 / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Loren Fleming
Pencils
Denys Cowan
Inks
Sal Trapani
Colors
Joe Orlando
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Editing
Andy Helfer
Genre
adventure; car
Characters
Flash Force 2000 (first appearance)

Indexer Notes

Special insert also appearing in several other DC comics. It consists of a quasi-cover, a 14-page story, and then a 1 page ad for the Flash Force 2000 toy vehicles (by Matchbox Toys USA).

Introducing Flash Force 2000 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Flash Force 2000 / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4492

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Dale Coe, Jim Toste, Neil Ahlquist (two letters), John Lavernovitch, Etienne Heffel, Keith Sawyer, Peter Ho, Brian Galloway, Joe Torcivia, and Todd "CK" Freeman.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Luthor's Back-- Worse Than Ever!
    Superman
  2. 1. Operation: False Front!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Flash Force 2000
  4. 3. Driving Force!
    Flash Force 2000
  5. 4. Introducing Flash Force 2000
    Flash Force 2000
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Max Capp
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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