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SUPERMAN #405

Cover Date: March 1985
Cover Price: $0.75
Publication Date: 1984-11-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Eduardo Barreto (signed)
Colors: Anthony Tollin


Story: "The Mystery of the Super-Batman!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCraig Boldman
PencilsAlex Saviuk
InksKarl Kesel
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (due to the influence of magic, temporarily grows a pair of horns; last in DC Comics Presents #79; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Herbie Lewis (last/next in ???)
Josh Coyle (last in DC Comics Presents #79; next in Superman Special Vol. 1 #3)
Lana Lang (last in DC Comics Presents #79; next in Action Comics #565)
Lewis Lang (last/next in ???)
Morgan Edge (last in Action Comics #563/2; next in issue #406/2)

Villain(s):

Frederick Forest (first appearance; a Gotham City crime boss; seeking to own the Syrinx of Arcadia also known as the Golden Pipes of Pan)
Wesley Wood (first appearance; a Metropolis crime boss looking to join with Frederick Forest)
two museum thieves (first appearance of both; set up to fail by their boss)
an unnamed panhandler (first appearance; secretly steals the Syrinx of Arcadia from the thieves)
two muggers

Other Character(s):

citizens of Metropolis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Alfred Pennyworth (on the telephone with Clark Kent; neither heard nor seen)
Batman (statue in the Fortress)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
Gotham City
Metropolis
344 Clinton St.
WGBS Building


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Second Story: "Yes, Lowell, There Is a Superman" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBob Rozakis
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsGene D'Angelo
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Batman and the Outsiders #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Action Comics #563/2; next in issue #406/2)

Other Character(s):

Lowell Constable (first appearance; a young boy who doesn't believe in Superman)
Dave Constable (first appearance; husband of Margaret; father of Lowell and Shannon; friend of Perry White's)
Margaret Constable (first appearance; wife of Dave; mother of Lowell and Shannon)
Shannon Constable (first appearance; Lowell's young sister)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
WGBS Building
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story reveals Perry White has won three Pulitzers, each relating to Superman, the first of which regarding the story of Superboy relocating to Metropolis.
This story takes place shortly before Christmas Eve.


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