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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published September 1983
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Publication month and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. Besides the signature, Gil Kane's name also appears in store window at lower right.

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Gil Kane (signed)
Notes Publication month and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. Besides the signature, Gil Kane's name also appears in store window at lower right.

1 page Superman and Batman credits

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Curt Swan
Synopsis Contents of the issue. Contains one panel from each story.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Alex Toth; Curt Swan
Inks Terry Austin; Curt Swan
Notes Job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. Schwartz's record list this as job number S-4202 but the actual issue has a job number of S-4032.

30 page Superman story "Villain! Villain! Who's Got the Villain?"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (guest); Lex Luthor (villain); Reston (introduction, villain); Cantabile (introduction, villain); Lana Lang; Steve Lombard; Angel Marion (Model); Dr. Marker; Dean Harrow; Warden Clarence Rutherford
Synopsis Lex Luthor plans to use Red Kryptonite to turn Superman into an indistinguishable copy of Lex Luthor.
Genre superhero
Script Elliot S! Maggin
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Terry Austin
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Takes place before ACTION COMICS #544. Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007. The title on page one is different than the title listed on the contents page. This Story is part of many Superman Stories - published in Germany first and some of them never published in the U.S.A. - the Series was called "Superman (monthly) Ehapa".
Reprinted from Superman (Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1983, 16.Feb. 1983, 1.Sequence, Germany

10 page Superman story "I Flew With Superman!"

Characters Curt Swan (introduction); Superman [Clark Kent]; Frank (Clark Kent's Doorman)
Synopsis Curt Swan goes to sleep while working on a Superman page and wakes up on Earth One and meets Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Curt Swan (Plot); Cary Bates (Plot); Elliot S! Maggin (Script)
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Curt Swan
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters John Costanza
Notes Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics March, 2007.