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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published July 1988
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Michael Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Cover Details - "Power Failure"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway [signed as Da Ordster]
Inks Jerry Ordway [signed as Da Ordster]

22 page Superman story "The Power that Failed!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Cat Grant; Jimmy Olsen; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Lois Lane; Sarah Olsen; VILLAINS: Professor Thaddeus Killgrave (first appearance); Psi-Phon [J'ankway] (first appearance); Dreadnaught [Breemmill] (first appearance); Lex Luthor; Dr. Gretchen Kelley
Synopsis A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Beatty
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters John Costanza
Notes Story continued in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #442.

2 page Superman letters page "Superman"

Script Renee Witterstaetter
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - 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 - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.