Superman #423 [Direct]
(September 1986)

DC, 1939 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-05-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #28.
This issue has variants:

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan (signed as Swanderson)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed as Swanderson)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Prankster; Toyman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallos; Legion of Super-Heroes (obscured)
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Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.

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Superman in "Superman" (Table of Contents: 1)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1.45 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4826
Synopsis
Recapping the Superman series from it's early days to this, the final issue.
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Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers; no letters.

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Pérez
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
S-4617
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is an IMAGINARY STORY (which may never happen, but then again may) about a perfect man who came from the sky and did only good.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane Elliot; Tim Crane; Jonathan Elliot; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro; Lana Lang; Pete Ross (deceased); Prankster; Toyman [Winslow Schott]; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallo; Perry White; Alice White; Krypto; Kryptonite Man; Legion of Super-Heroes [Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]
Synopsis
Tim Crane interviews Lois Lane Elliot about Superman’s final days on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance. Lois relates how Bizarro suddenly became murderous, then the Toyman and the Prankster attacked revealing Superman’s secret identity, and finally a group of Metallos attacked the Daily Planet. In response, Superman took his closest friends to the Fortress of Solitude for protection. As Brainiac took over Luthor's body and recruited the Kryptonite Man, the Legion of Super-Heroes accompanied by Supergirl visited Superman and presented him with a statuette.
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Keywords
Blue Kryptonite; Brainiac's Skull Ship; Daily Planet Newspaper; Fortress of Solitude; Galaxy Communications Building; Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch; Metropolis; Time Bubble; WGBS Studios

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in ACTION COMICS #583.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
    Superman
  2. 1. Superman in "Superman"
    Metropolis Mailbag
  3. 2. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
    Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Mister El
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin
  • Gregg Whitmore
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