Superman 1987 #19 Direct ed. - back issue - $3.00

A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.

Shipping date of March 22, 1988, per Direct Currents #2 (February 1988), confirmed from copyright registration. The first and third printings have different house ads. Ads in the first printing are indexed. Third printing contains three house ads: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652); it also contains nine ad pages for Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).

• - Inside front cover.
• The Power That Failed! - Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #442.
• Games With Memories You Won't Forget - Between story pages 4 and 5.
• Annual 88 - Between story pages 4 and 5. Includes images of the covers of Infinity Inc. Annual (DC, 1985 Series) #2), The Spectre Annual (DC, 1988 Series) #1 and Young All-Stars Annual (DC, 1988 Series) #1.
• Body Builder. - Between story pages 8 and 9.
• Batman: The Cult - Between story pages 8 and 9.
• Write Right Now! - Between story pages 16 and 17. Above the Creation Comic Book Conventions ad.
• Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions - Between story pages 16 and 17. Below the Write Right Now! ads.
• Action Comics - Between story pages 16 and 17.
• DC Does It Again! - Between story pages 20 and 21.
• Who's W?h?o? Great in '88? - Between story pages 20 and 21.
• - Letters from: Brian Simpson, Jeff Mitchell, Roger D. Case, Joe Frank, Mathew A. Young, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dennis Tucker, Stephen Robinson, Jonathan Ezor and Greg Manter; responses from Renee Witterstaetter. The third printing only has the first of the two pages, stopping in the middle of Ann C.H. Brachwitz's letter.
• Great DC Deals! - Inside back cover.
• Terror on the Isles. - Back cover.