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The general practice of most mainstream [[comic book]] companies since the creation of the comic book in the 1930s was to date individual issues by putting the name of a month (and much later the year as well) on the cover which was generally two months after the actual release date. For example, a 1951 issue of ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' which had the cover date of July would have been published two months earlier from that date in the month of May, generally speaking. In 1973 the discrepancy between the cover date and the publishing date went from two months to three months.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen|Taschen America]] |year=2010| ISBN= 978-3-8365-1981-6|page= 516 |quote= Cover dates on comics didn't match magazine dating norms, and by 1973 Marvel's cover dates made them appear newer than DC's, so DC decided to skip using May 1973 and go straight to June.}}</ref> In 1989 the cover date and publishing date discrepancy was changed back to two months, though generally each comic book company now uses its own system.