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Issue Details

Issue #484
Published November 1991
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Dan Thorsland (assistant)
Notes 1991 Triangle #37.

Cover Details - "Blackout 1"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Emil Hamilton
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors Jerry Ordway (signed)
Notes 1991 Triangle #37.

22 page Superman story "Blackout [Part 1]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Professor Emil Hamilton; Ron Troupe; Collin Thornton; Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Linear Man (flashback); Chuck; VILLAINS: Mr. Z; Lex Luthor (newspaper photo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (flashback)
Synopsis Mr. Z uses Professor Hamilton to set a trap for Superman. When Hamilton tries to free Superman from the trap, he blows the power grid in Metropolis, and causes Mr. Z and Superman to get amnesia.
Genre Superhero
Script Dennis Janke (plot); Jerry Ordway (plot; script)
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Doug Hazlewood
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #671.

2 page Kryptograms letters page "Kryptograms"

Script Dan Thorsland
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Bob Elinskas, Richard McDowell, Jr., Marc Johnson, John M. DeMocko, Tom Longfellow and A.C. Newman - and responses from Dan Thorsland.