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Superman #394 (1984) · The Collector

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Superman (1939)
#394

DC Comics#394

Superman

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Superman #394

The Man Who Would Be President!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: April 1984
On sale: Dec 20, 1983
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Bucky Berns

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DirectMain
Printing not stated · $0.75
No barcode recorded
Canadian
Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$0.95

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Grand Comics Database issue 38530

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Bucky Berns, a humor columnist, suddenly seems to be writing the future. Superman and Valdemar try to stop pollution through legal channels.

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Printing not stated · $0.75

Credits

Writer: Elliot Maggin
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Dave Hunt
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: David Cody Weiss
Covers: Paris Cullins, Dick Giordano
Cover colors: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Consulting editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Cover letters: Todd Klein
Managing editor: Tom Condon

Characters

Bucky Berns· 1st appearance
Alice White
Billy
Billy's mother
Lana Lang
Lois Lane
Mrs. Goldstein
Perry White
Superman
Valdemar of the Flame

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