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Issue Details

Issue #554
Published January 1998
Cover Price $1.95/$2.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joey Cavalieri; Maureen McTigue (assistant)
Notes 1998 Diamond #3

Cover Details - "It Lurks Beneath Metropolis!"

Characters Superman; Ripper
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Denis Rodier
Colors Patrick Martin
Notes 1998 Diamond #3

22 page Superman story "Children and Monsters!"

Characters Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Dirk Armstrong; Simone DeNiege; Inspector Maggie Sawyer; Inspector Dan Turpin; Burton Thompson [Hunter Thompson]; Danny Gray; Mr. Harold; Mayor Sackett; Doctor Singh; Doctor Cordova; Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Ripper
Synopsis Supes has gotta see the baby, gotta see the baby. Love the Luthor! Gotta love the Luthor! The Luthor's good, yadda-yadda-yadda. All the Seinfeldisms plus another big battle with the Ripper. [per next issue box]
Genre Superhero
Script Karl Kesel
Pencils Tom Grummett (layouts); Denis Rodier (finishes); Scott Koblish (finishes)
Inks Denis Rodier; Scott Koblish
Colors Glenn Whitmore (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters Albert DeGuzman

2 page letters page "Kryptograms"

Letters Typeset
Notes Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.