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Issue Details

Issue #591
Published August 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Andy Helfer; Michael Carlin

Cover Details - "Superman vs. Superboy"

Characters Superman; Superboy (Pocket Universe); Legion of Super-Heroes [Bloc; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]; Krypto
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

22 page Superman; Superboy story "Past Imperfect"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Pete Ross (Pocket Universe); Martha Kent (Pocket Universe); Jonathan Kent (Pocket Universe); Krypto (Pocket Universe); VILLAIN: Time Trapper
Synopsis The Time Trapper explains how he created the Pocket Universe.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne (figure inks); Keith Williams (background inks)
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters John Costanza
Notes The existence of the pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion stories are reconciled with the current Superman continuity. Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #8 and story continues in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (DC, 1984 series) #38.
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

2 page Re: Action Comics letters page "Re: Action Comics"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Paul and Randy Taylor-Rosenthal, Marc Mielke, Ronald Wilk, Fred L. DeBoom, Garrett H. Omata, David Alan Wright and Vince Bayless.