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Cover of The Man of Steel #3
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CATALOG RECORD

The Man of Steel #3

DC · Series began 1986 · [November] 1986

first appearance of Magpie

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Magpie (Margaret Pye, DC) — villain, first appearance

Dates

Cover date
[November] 1986
On sale
August 7, 1986
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition75¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893177303 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893177303 · shared with another edition

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Reprinted in

The Man of Steel (1987), The Man of Steel Silver Edition (1993), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman / Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2007), Batman vs. Superman: The Greatest Battles (2015), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.