Superman #78 [Collector's Edition]
(June 1993)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD; 1.00 GBP
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1993-04-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Jennifer Frank (assistant)

Issue Notes

1993 Triangle #14. This has a die-cut overcover. This edition only available through the direct-sales market.

Reign of the Supermen! The Man of Tomorrow is Back! (Table of Contents)

Superman; Cyborg Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Superman (DC, 1987 series) #78 [Collector's Edition]
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Alive [Reign of the Supermen, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman; Cyborg Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (layouts)
Inks
Brett Breeding (finished art)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Whit; Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Paul Westfield; Professor Emil Hamilton; Dr. Meyer; Doomsday (villain)
Synopsis
Cyborg Superman takes Doomsday's body from Cadmus and leaves it in space. Doomsday then is revealed to be alive.

Indexer Notes

Issue dedicated to Jerry Ordway. Story continues from SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #22 and story continues in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #501.

The Man of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 2)

Cyborg Superman / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
Reprints

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jennifer Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - John Switzer, Christopher Roesler and Stephen Elliott - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

[Cover - Superman #79] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[Reign of the Supermen!] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Reign of the Supermen! The Man of Tomorrow is Back!
    Superman; Cyborg Superman
  2. 1. Alive [Reign of the Supermen, Part 3]
    Superman; Cyborg Superman
  3. 2. The Man of Tomorrow
    Cyborg Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  5. 4. [Cover - Superman #79]
    Superman; Cyborg Superman
  6. 5. [Reign of the Supermen!]
    Superman
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  • Fred Beels
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Jim Van Dore
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