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Superman #421 (1986) · The Collector

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Superman (1939)
#421

DC Comics#421

Superman

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Superman #421

Trapped in IMP-TV

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: July 1986
On sale: Mar 18, 1986
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Printing not stated · $0.75
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Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$0.95

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Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Dave Hunt
Colorist: Gene D'Angelo
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Covers: Denys Cowan, Jerry Ordway
Cover colors: Anthony Tollin
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Consulting editor: E. Nelson Bridwell
Managing editor: Tom Condon

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