Adventures of Superman #463 [Direct]
(February 1990)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-01-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin; Jon Peterson (associate)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who is really the fastest man alive?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Mxyzptlk; Batman; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Power Girl; Superman; Flash [Wally West]; Martian Manhunter; Metamorpho; Booster Gold
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Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #199. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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Speed Kills (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Dan Jurgens
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Job Number
G-5428
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Flash [Wally West]; Mason Trollbridge; Connie Noleski (cameo); Collin Thornton; Mara Talbot; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Justice League Europe [Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Metamorpho [Rex Mason]; Power Girl]; Justice League America [Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Mr. Miracle [Scott Free]]; Joan Garrick (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Cat Grant (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo); Lana Lang (cameo); Jose Delgado (cameo); Professor Emil Hamilton (cameo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Lex Luthor (villain)
Synopsis
Mr. Mxyzptlk forces Superman to race and beat The Flash to send him back to the fifth dimension, but Wally's pride won't let him throw the race. But The Flash's win ironically has the desired result, and Mxyzptlk disappears for another ninety days.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Kryptograms / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Eury
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-5428

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Matt Gibson, John L. Hurley, Sean Twist, Dale Coe, Tad C. Ellsworth, Charlie Harris, Uncle Elvis, Damien Debrowski and Howard T. Kidd - and responses from Michael Eury.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Who is really the fastest man alive?"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Speed Kills
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
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  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Morbus Iff
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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