Superman: The Man of Steel #59 [Direct Sales]
(August 1996)

DC, 1991 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1996-06-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200507 05911
Editing
KC Carlson (editor); Mike McAvennie (associate)

Issue Notes

1996 Triangle #32.
Copyright © 1996 DC Comics.
This issue has variants:

Suckered In! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Parasite [Rudy Jones; Dr. Torval Freeman]
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Prey (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lois Lane; Franklin Stern; Professor Emil Hamilton; Maggie Sawyer; Turk; Dr. Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; Burton Thompson; Parasite [Rudy Jones; Dr. Torval Freeman] (villain)
Synopsis
Lois helps S.T.A.R. Labs capture Parasite, without Superman's help.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #724 and story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #115.

Watch This Space #17: Let's Go Exploring (Table of Contents: 2)

Watch This Space / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Partial DC checklist for comics dated August 1996.

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

Tempered Steel / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Graphic Color Works (as Color Works)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Roland Spencer, Jr., Neil Ahlquist, Michael Hamilton, Joe Frank and Peter Strait - and responses from Mike McAvennie.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Suckered In!
    Superman
  2. 1. Prey
    Superman
  3. 2. Watch This Space #17: Let's Go Exploring
    Watch This Space
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tempered Steel
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Thomas Kina
  • Jim Van Dore
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