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Issue Details

Issue #499
Published February 1993
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #7.

Cover Details - "Funeral for a Friend/5"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (statue)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett (signed)
Inks Doug Hazlewood (signed)
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters typeset
Notes 1993 Triangle #7.

22 page Superman story "Grave Obsession [Funeral for a Friend, Part 5]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse); Supergirl [Matrix]; Gangbuster [Jose Delgado]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Elroy (cat); Inspector Bill Henderson; Dan Turpin; Rusty (first appearance); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Ramirez Cane; Bibbo Bibbowski; Underworlders; Lex Luthor (villain); Clawster (villain); Bog (villain); Mick (villain); Hammer (villain)
Synopsis Lex Luthor and Dan Turpin both find out about the break-in to Superman's tomb. Supergirl and Turpin investigate the tunnels below the tomb, and end up battling the Underworlders.
Genre Superhero
Script Jerry Ordway
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Doug Hazlewood
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #76 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #686.

1 page Green Lantern public service announcement "You May Think It's Not Your Problem..."

Characters Green Lantern [John Stewart]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Joe Staton ?
Notes Public service announcement to raise "AIDS" awareness.

2 page Kryptograms letters page "Kryptograms"

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Thomas McNulty, Jim Kelly, Jamie Ewing, Ben Herman, J. Vicko, Kevin Hall and Joe Frank - and responses from Jennifer Frank.