The Man of Steel [First Printing]

(1987 [February 1988])

The Man of Steel (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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Publication indicia page with an image of the back of Superman's cape as background.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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John Byrne (credited)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The new Superman has many fathers and mothers...

Reprints

• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([December] 2003)
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([October] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Dedication by John Byrne.

Why Superman? Why Today? (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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Ray Bradbury (credited)

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John Byrne

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Dick Giordano

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I have often been asked: Why do you write science fiction?

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]

Reprints

• in Superman: The Man of Steel (Random House, 1988 series) #35093 (February 1988)
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([December] 2003)
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([October] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Foreword by Ray Bradbury

Superman: A Personal View (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

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John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne

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Superman began as a television series starring George Reeves.

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Magpie; Lex Luthor; Bizarro; Lana Lang; Jor-El

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #1 ([October] 1986)

Indexer Notes

Includes small reproductions of the 7 covers of the original series.

Book One - Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn... (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-2725

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jor-El (post-Crisis intro); Lara (post-Crisis intro); Kelex (intro); Kelor; Kal-El (as baby, post-Crisis intro)

Synopsis

Lara and Jor-El discuss their unborn son, and how Jor-El intends to protect him. As Krypton begins its final eruptions, Jor-El sends Kal-El to Earth.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #1 ([October] 1986)

Chapter One: The Secret (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

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John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent (post-Crisis intro); Martha Kent (post-Crisis intro); Lana Lang (post-Crisis intro)

Synopsis

Clark Kent is now a star football player, helped by additional strength. But his foster father reveals that he is adopted and is an alien from another planet.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #1 ([October] 1986)

Chapter Two: The Exposure (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

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John Costanza (credited)

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.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #1 ([October] 1986)

Epilogue: The Super-Hero (Table of Contents: 9)

Superman / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

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John Costanza (credited)

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.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #1 ([October] 1986)

Book Two - The Story of the Century (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-2726

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor; Mr. Guthrie

Synopsis

Superman meets Lois and Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #2 ([October] 1986)

Book Three - One Night in Gotham City... (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

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John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Henry Jarrell (dies); VILLAINS: Magpie [Margaret Pye]; Bull Carter (dies)

Synopsis

Superman comes to Gotham City to arrest the outlaw Batman, interrupting Batman's pursuit of the criminal Magpie. While pursuing the villain together, Superman comes to realize that Gotham City is very different from Metropolis and needs a different type of hero.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #3 ([November] 1986)

Book Four - Enemy Mine... (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Yvette; Lex Luthor

Synopsis

Luthor allows a group of terrorists to attack his luxury liner so he can meet Superman and put him on his payroll. But Superman refuses to be bought and Luthor is jailed for reckless endangerment. In response Luthor vows revenge on the Man of Steel.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #4 ([November] 1986)

Indexer Notes

Superman's first encounter with Lex Luthor (post-Crisis).

Book Five - The Mirror, Crack'd... (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

Colors

Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Bizarro (dies); Dr. Teng

Synopsis

Lex tries to create a clone of Superman, resulting in the creation of Bizarro.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #5 ([December] 1986)

Indexer Notes

First post-Crisis Bizarro.

Book Six - The Haunting (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

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John Byrne (credited)

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Dick Giordano (credited)

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Tom Ziuko (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Jor-El (hologram); Lara (hologram); Lois Lane (cameo)

Synopsis

On a trip home to Smallville, Superman discovers the spaceship that brought him to Earth is missing. But at the same time he triggers a computer program that reveals to him his Kryptonian heritage and places all of Krypton's knowledge in his mind. He also discovers what revealing his powers to Lana years ago did to her and decides he wants to actively pursue a life with Lois.

Reprints

• from The Man of Steel (DC, 1986 series) #6 ([December] 1986)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Back cover. Short biographies of John Byrne and Dick Giordano.