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Cover: Gil Kane

Superman #381

Mar 1983 · DC · 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
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“Whose Super-Life Is It, Anyway?”

Superman bursts through a swirling purple-and-white dimensional barrier on this striking March 1983 cover, with the Daily Planet building of 1982 Metropolis visible behind him — while the cover copy cheekily announces he was Superboy in Smallville just a moment ago, leaving him to mutter that everyone has to grow up, but this is ridiculous. Gil Kane's pencils and inks capture the Man of Steel mid-plunge, cape streaming, looking genuinely baffled by his own time-scrambled predicament. With Cary Bates scripting and Curt Swan on interior art, "Whose Super-Life Is It, Anyway?" promises a playful twist on Clark Kent's dual identity across the ages.

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writer Cary Bates · artist Curt Swan · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Anthony Tollin · letterer Ben Oda · cover Gil Kane

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writer Cary Bates
artist Curt Swan
inker Dave Hunt
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Gil Kane

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Superman, with the mind and memories of Superboy, must try to cope with Euphor and the powers he can give other people.

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