(November 1998)

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Price:
1.99 USD; 2.95 CAD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
On-sale date:
2008-09-16
Indicia Publisher:
DC Comics
Brand:
DC; DC Comics
Barcode:
76194121549500111
Editing:
Joey Cavaieri; Maureen McTigue (assistant editor)
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Millionth issue supposedly from 853rd century; cover gives a fake date of "Nov 85,271". It is part of the DC One Million crossover promotion on the cover, shared with other November 1998 titles. Published in between Superman #139 and 140.


One Million (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gene Ha; Pat Garrahy (digital background)
Inks:
Gene Ha; Pat Garrahy (digital background)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Superman (of 853rd century); Lois Lane

DC One Million (Table of Contents)

Superman / recap / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pat Garrahy (digital)
Inks:
Pat Garrahy (digital)
Colors:
Pat Garrahy (digital)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero

Indexer Notes

Gives background on Justice Legion A and the android Hourman, with a recap of the story so far. Digital frontispiece by Pat Garrahy.


Down to Earth (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning
Pencils:
Norm Breyfogle
Inks:
Scott Koblish
Colors:
John Kalisz; ? [as Digital Chameleon] (separations)
Letters:
John Costanza

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Superman (of 853rd century); Rocket Red 3 (shell); Arsenal; Lois Lane; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor (on monitor)
Synopsis:
Earth is infected with the Hourman virus. The Superman of the future is losing his powers, but rescues Arsenal from an explosive Rocket Red suit, landing in Metropolis. He meets Lois, and asks for her help to thwart the virus. They start alone, but Lex Luthor discovers them, and wants to "help". After attempting to break into the Fortress of Solitude for better technology, they return to LexCorp, where Luthor double-crosses Superman. But they manage to escape, with the next step being the JLA Watchtower on the moon.

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #1,000,000, and continues in JLA (DC, 1997 series) #1,000,000.


DC One Million (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Includes summary of the DC One Million crossover for weeks three and four, and a promo for the next issue, Superman #140.


[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: The Widest Jeans (clothing, GAP Kids), Bride of Chucky (movie, Universal), Plane Crazy Extreme Aerial Racing (video game, SegaSoft), Head Rush (video game, Berkeley Systems), RC Racer Team Lost (video game, Fox Interactive, 2 pages), Lost in Space (movie video, New Line), The Contra Adventure (video game, Konami), JNCO (clothes, JNCO Industries), Dump the 'Toons Get Real: TNBC (TV, NBC), and Milk Where's Your Mustache? with Sarah Michelle Gellar (milk, America's Milk Processors). Appear in various places in this issue.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. DC One Million
    Superman
  2. 2. Down to Earth
    Superman
  3. 3. DC One Million
  4. 4. [Ads]
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