Superman #49 [Direct]
(November 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
1990-09-20
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:

Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite Part One Lex Luthor: Triumphant! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Ordway (signed) [as Da Ordster]
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed) [as Da Ordster]
Colors
Jerry Ordway (signed) [as Da Ordster]
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lex Luthor; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints
Keywords
red kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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[Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Part One] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Ordway
Pencils
Jerry Ordway
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
G-5846
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Alice White; Myra; Bessie Sharp (first appearance); Pete Ross; Carrie; Harry; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Phil; Rusty; Lex Luthor (villain); Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain); Barrage (villain)
Synopsis
Mr. Mxyzptlk gives Lex red kryptonite, and he uses it to take Superman's powers away.
Reprints
Keywords
red kryptonite

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #472.

Splatterhouse (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

TurboGrafx 16 / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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

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

Script
Michael Eury
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Jon S. Aiken and Matthew J. Smith.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite Part One Lex Luthor: Triumphant!
    Superman
  2. 1. [Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Part One]
    Superman
  3. 2. Splatterhouse
    TurboGrafx 16
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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