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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Andrew Helfer

Cover Details - "It's Your First Issue, Superman -- And It Could Be Your Last!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Metallo
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2

23 page Superman story "Heart of Stone"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; VILLAINS: Metallo (origin; first post-crisis appearance); Lex Luthor; Pearl
Synopsis Metallo is badly beating Superman... and then he mysteriously disappears.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Terry Austin
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2

1 page Superman text article "Superman"

Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Letters typeset
Notes John Byrne talks about THE MAN OF STEEL mini-series, about SUPERMAN #1, and about concerns he is "Marvelizing" Superman.

Superman insert or dust jacket "Rarer Than Kryptonite!"

Characters Superman
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Notes Postcard to be used to enter a contest to win THE MAN OF STEEL trade paperback. Insert not included in page count.