CATALOG RECORD

Superman Adventures #3

DC · Series began 1996 · January 1997

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Dates

Cover date: January 1997
On sale: November 6, 1996
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

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

Direct Sales

Barcode 76194120780300311
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930922701
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Creators

pencils: Rick Burchettinks: Terry Austincolors: Marie Severinscript: Scott McCloud, Mike McAvennieletters: Lois Buhalis

Stories

Distant Thunder · 22 pages
Brainiac returns and demands the orb containing all the knowledge of Krypton. But when Superman threatens to destroy the orb, Brainiac surrenders so that the knowledge of Krypton will survive.

Publisher’s description

Superman tries to learn more about his home planet of Krypton, but gets interrupted when Metropolis strikes a case of serious bad luck--in the form of hundreds of robot black cats attacking the city!

Reprinted in

Superman: Adventures of the Man of Steel (1998), Superman Adventures (2015), Superman Adventures Compendium (2025)