Adventures of Superman #442 [Direct]
(July 1988)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-03-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor); Renee Witterstaetter (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Shipping date of March 29, 1988 per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have stripped you of your powers, Superman!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Psi-Phon [J'ankway]
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Power Play (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited) (co-plot, script); Jerry Ordway (credited) (co-plot)
Pencils
Jerry Ordway (credited)
Inks
Andy Kubert (credited)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (credited)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman (credited)
Job Number
G-3834
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Lois Lane; Jose Delgado; Jimmy Olsen; Sarah Olsen; Elsa; Professor Emil Hamilton; Sandy Klienerman (on radio); Psi-Phon [J'ankway] (villain); Dreadnaught [Breemmill] (villain)
Synopsis
Psi-Phon has drained Superman's powers one by one and given them to his partner, Dreadnaught. Now, Dreadnaught looks to kill Superman, so Superman calls in some help.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #19.

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

The Adventures of Superman / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Renee Witterstaetter (credited)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3192

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Howard T. Kidd, Anthony Gallagher, Marc David Seger, R. Ray, Kel Hilce, Joe Frank, Jacob Gilbert, Charlie Harris and Steven Acevedo - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I have stripped you of your powers, Superman!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Power Play
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Adventures of Superman
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