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Cover: Gil Kane

Superman #392

Feb 1984 · DC · 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.25 GBP
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“"If a Body Meets a Body..."”

A desperate confrontation takes center stage on Gil Kane's cover for this February 1984 DC issue, as a menacing villain clutches a red-haired woman — Lana Lang — amid bursts of explosive energy while a recoiling Superman braces himself against the threat. The villain's taunting declaration, "If I can't have Lana Lang, no one can!" sets up a tense, high-stakes standoff that feels genuinely dangerous. Inside, writer Cary Bates, artist Curt Swan, and their collaborators deliver the story behind this charged moment — a solid creative lineup that defined Superman comics in the early 1980s.

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writer Cary Bates · writer Elliot S! Maggin · 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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Vartox is freed from the Dybbux alien, and the secret of Lana's secret admirer is revealed.

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