Adventures of Superman #581 [Direct Sales]
(August 2000)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2000-06-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200033 58111
Editing
Eddie Berganza (editor); Maureen McTigue (associate)

Issue Notes

2000 Diamond #31.
This issue has variants:

Adversary in Their Midst! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Chen (credited)
Inks
Brett Breeding (sourced)
Colors
Ian Hannin (credited)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks credited to Beatty on the letters page, but original signature of Breeding obscured by the UPC box.

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Adversaries! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Mike S. Miller
Inks
Walden Wong; José Marzán Jr.
Colors
Wildstorm FX
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Thorn [Rose Forrest]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Laura Decker; Collin Thornton [Lord Satanus]; Lex Luthor; Hope; Mercy; Prankster [Oswald Loomis]; Eustace Loomis (Prankster's Mom; flashback); Vincent Giovanni; Adversary [Cary Richards]
Synopsis
Lex Luthor announces his plans to run for President. But he is snatched up by the Adversary. Superman arrives and saves Lex, then battles the Adversary. The Prankster has a mystery visitor. Thorn attacks mobsters thinking of moving in on Metropolis. Why does the Prankster want to marry Rose Forrest?
Reprints

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

Kryptograms / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Adversary in Their Midst!
    Superman
  2. 1. Adversaries!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
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