Superman #404 [Direct]
(February 1985)

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
1984-10-16
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

On-sale date from DC Releases #9.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Inks
Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Clark Kent Jr.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color credits confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Born to Be Superman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Milton Snapinn
Job Number
S-4473
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Clark Kent Jr.; Pete Ross; Chief Parker; Lex Luthor (villain); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy (TV)
Synopsis
An imaginary story where Superman lost his super powers at the age of 16 during a battle with Lex Luthor as Superboy. This story is set 13 years later with Clark grown and married to Lana. Lex is released from prison and he goes on a crime spree.
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Keywords
green kryptonite; red kryptonite; white kryptonite

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

Metropolis Mailbag / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4550
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Born to Be Superman!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
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