Superman: The Man of Steel [Best Buy Edition] #1 [Ed Benes Revolving Door Cover]
([August] 2006)

DC, 2006 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
28
On-sale Date
2006-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
4.5" x 7.25"
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
giveaway

Issue Notes

Exclusively distributed with Best Buy copies of these DVDs: The Amazing Story of Superman; Superboy, Season 1; Adventures of Superman, Seasons 3 & 4; Superman Animated Series, Season 3; Justice League, Season 2; Lois & Clark, Season 3; Krypto the Super Dog; and Adventures of Superman, Seasons 1 & 2.
This issue has variants:

Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Benes
Inks
Mariah Benes
Colors
Rod Reis
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
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The Man of Steel (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside of front cover.

Chapter One: The Secret (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Synopsis
Updated origin of Superman.
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Chapter Two: The Exposure (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane (post-Crisis intro)
Synopsis
After helping out secretly for years, Clark Kent is forced into doing his first public super-deed, saving the space-plane Constitution. In doing so, he has his first meeting with Lois Lane.
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Collect All 8 Covers! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Epilogue: The Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Synopsis
The Kents design and make a costume for Clark, and come up with a way for him to look different in both identities as he adopts his Superman identity.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman
    Superman
  2. 1. The Man of Steel
  3. 2. Chapter One: The Secret
    Superman
  4. 3. Chapter Two: The Exposure
    Superman
  5. 4. Collect All 8 Covers!
    Superman
  6. 5. Epilogue: The Super-Hero
    Superman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
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