Superman: The Man of Steel #22 [Collector's Edition]
(June 1993)

DC, 1991 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 #13. This has a die-cut overcover. This edition only available through the direct-sales market.

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

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

Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Dennis Janke
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel [John Henry Irons]
Reprints
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Steel [Reign of the Supermen, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel; Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Jon Bogdanove
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Bill Oakley
Job Number
G-7702
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback); Steel [John Henry Irons; also as Henry Johnson]; Lois Lane; Jeb Friedman; Keith Robert Parks; Myra; Zoid (first appearance; death); Jonathan Kent; Rosie Kurtz (first appearance); White Rabbit [Dr. Angora Lapin] (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Dutch (villain); Rock (villain); C & H (villain); Mucus (villain; death); Doomsday (flashback; villain)
Synopsis
When Henry Johnson, aka John Henry Irons, finds out that a gun he designed was used to kill a neighborhood kid, he builds a suit of steel to use to catch the criminals.

Indexer Notes

Story continued from ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #687 and story continues in SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #78.

The Man of Steel (Table of Contents: 2)

Steel / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors
Dennis Janke ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lois Lane
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Poster is in middle of comic book.

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

Tempered Steel / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jennifer Frank
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Joseph P. Menta, Jr., David Scott, Jeff Mitchell, Rol Hirst, Matthew Schuermann, R. Kevin Doyle and Mark Lucas - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

[Cover - Superman: The Man of Steel #23] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Steel; 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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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Reign of the Supermen! The Man of Steel is Back!
    Steel; Superman
  2. 1. Steel [Reign of the Supermen, Part 2]
    Steel; Superman
  3. 2. The Man of Steel
    Steel
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tempered Steel
  5. 4. [Cover - Superman: The Man of Steel #23]
    Steel; Superman
  6. 5. [Reign of the Supermen!]
    Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Fred Beels
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Jim Van Dore
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