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Issue Details

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Published 1982
Cover Price 1.95 USD
Pages 52
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting)
Notes Printed in West Germany. This book contains material that was prepared by the U.S. editorial team for the German market, and is copyright 1981. This was first printed in Superman Album (Ehapa Verlag, 1982 series) #1 (Januar 1982), where it was in German, but this is the first English printing.

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Superman-Red; Superman-Blue; Terra-Man; Lex Luthor
Genre Superhero
Pencils Adrian Gonzales? (painted)
Inks Adrian Gonzales? (painted)
Colors Adrian Gonzales? (painted)
Letters typeset
Notes Printed in West Germany. This book contains material that was prepared by the U.S. editorial team for the German market, and is copyright 1981. This was first printed in Superman Album (Ehapa Verlag, 1982 series) #1 (Januar 1982), where it was in German, but this is the first English printing.
Reprinted from Superman Album (Egmont Ehapa, 1982 series) #1.

2 page Superman foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "DC Comics Presents Superman Spectacular"

Characters Superman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Adrian Gonzales
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters typeset
Notes Title page and indicia page; art from story page 4.

46 page Superman story "Startling Saga of Superman-Red & Superman-Blue"

Characters Superman; Superman-Red; Superman-Blue; Terra-Man; Lex Luthor; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Inspector Henderson; Steve Lombard; red kryptonite
Synopsis A Luthor hologram appears at a staff meeting at the Daily Planet, and warns Superman to show up at S.T.A.R. Labs in an hour. Superman meets him there, but after both sides switch off with holograms and robots, neither gains an upper hand. Terra-Man finds some red kryptonite in space, and decides to team up with Luthor. Together, they manage to expose him to it; but it just splits Superman in two. The villains escape to figure out their next step. After harnessing magical energy power, they fight the two Supermen. Terra-Man gets captured, but then the Supermen merge again. Luthor is still using magical energy, and seriously injures Lois. Superman arrives, but Lois is dying due to the energy. But Superman's love for Lois overcomes the magical energy, which backfires on Luthor, allowing Lois to live and Superman to capture Luthor.
Genre Superhero
Script Bob Rozakis (plot); Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Adrian Gonzales
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters John Costanza
Notes This is the first in-continuity appearance of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue. They had appeared earlier in an imaginary story in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #162 (July 1963).
Reprinted from Superman Album (Egmont Ehapa, 1982 series) #1.

2 page filler "Blank Pages"

Notes Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.

1 page Superman (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Shield Logo"

Notes A Superman Shield Logo is the only thing on the back cover.