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[wimted]

Thanks to a friend of mine, Bernard Koops, I've found this link http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/01/04/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-84/ which states:

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #84
Posted by Brian Cronin, Thursday, January 4th, 2007 9:56 PM

COMIC URBAN LEGEND: DC produced in-continuity Superman comics specifically for Germany.

STATUS: True

As everyone knows, the Germans loves David Hasselhoff. What you might NOT know is that Germans also love Superman, or at least they did in the 1980s.

In fact, the demand for Superman material was so great that, in the early 80s, DC struck a deal with Ehapa (the company that they licensed Superman reprints to in Germany) to produce NEW Superman material just for Germany.

However, unlike other companies who did such deals, rather than just letting Ehapa get their own artists and writers to do the comics, DC produced the comics themselves.

If you are at all familiar with how Julie Schwartz worked as the Superman editor, he was a big fan of having multiple writers work on Superman, so therefore, it was fairly simple to find writers who would do the extra works, which were directly tied to stories going on in the Superman stories of the time.

Here are examples of the Superman Albums that these works appeared in.

Some of the comics were later reprinted in Action Comics and Superman (Action Comics #547, for example:)

However, when Superman was revamped after Crisis, suddenly these stories did not fit into continuity, so most of them were never reprinted in America.

So see, die-hard Superman fans? There are some stories for you to seek out!! You just need to learn some German…hehe.

Wimted

[wimted]

For those who are interested: this I figured out:

German Ehapa Album # 1 (1982) ==> US:  Superman Spectacular #1 (1982)
German Ehapa Album # 2 (1982) ==> US: Superman # 387 (1983)  & Action Comics # 547 (1983)
German Ehapa Album # 3 (1982) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 4 (1982) ==> US: Superman Special # 1 (1983)
German Ehapa Album # 5 (1983) ==> US: Superman Special # 2 (1984)
German Ehapa Album # 6 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 7 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 8 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 9 (1984) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 10 (1984) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 11 (1985) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 12 (1985) ==> US: Superman Special # 3 (1985)

For a cover-overview see my page: http://www.superman-comics.nl/e/eaf.htm

Wim

[Permanus]

As everyone knows, the Germans loves David Hasselhoff. What you might NOT know is that Germans also love Superman, or at least they did in the 1980s.

I seem to remember that they were quite fond of the concept during an earlier period of their history, too!

[Super Monkey]

easy there, every country has tons of evil things in the past.

[Permanus]

Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Cheap shot.

[wimted]

binarysunrise wrote:

So a while back I got the Superman Spectacular #1 (Supe Red/Blue issue), which is in english.  The Spectacular #2 that was mentioned stated it was a Cary Bates story of "Superman Meets the Zod Squad" - any idea if that is the same story in Action #549?

Yes, I can confirm this. It's a two-parter: "Escape From the Phantom Zone" reprinted in  Action Comics 548 (oct 1983) and "Superman Meets the Zod Squad" from Action Comics 549 (nov. 1983).

So the list is:
German Ehapa Album # 1 (1982) ==> US:  Superman Spectacular #1 (1982)
German Ehapa Album # 2 (1982) ==> US: Superman # 387 (1983)  & Action Comics # 547 (1983)
German Ehapa Album # 3 (1982) ==> US: Action Comics # 548 (1983) & Action Comics # 549 (1983)
German Ehapa Album # 4 (1982) ==> US: Superman Special # 1 (1983)
German Ehapa Album # 5 (1983) ==> US: Superman Special # 2 (1984)
German Ehapa Album # 6 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 7 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 8 (1983) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 9 (1984) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 10 (1984) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 11 (1985) ==> US: unknown
German Ehapa Album # 12 (1985) ==> US: Superman Special # 3 (1985)

For a cover-overview see my page: http://www.superman-comics.nl/e/eaf.htm

Wim