Superman: The Man of Steel #26 [Direct]

(October 1993)

Blast Off! [Reign of the Supermen, Part 18] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Louise Simonson

Pencils

Jon Bogdanove

Inks

Dennis Janke

Colors

Glenn Whitmore

Letters

Albert DeGuzman

Job Number

G-8376

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Eradicator; Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo); Jeb Friedman; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Mongul (villain); Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw] (villain)

Synopsis

Steel and Superman battle against Mongul and Cyborg Superman, as they try to destroy the rocket engine. Hal Jordan returns from space and sees the destruction of Coast City for the first time.

Reprints

• in Superman: Reino De Los Supermanes (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1993 series) #5 (1993)
• in Superman: The Return of Superman (Titan, 1993 series) (October 1993)
• in Superman: The Return of Superman (DC, 1993 series) ([December] 1993)
which is reprinted
• in Superman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1993 series) #7 - Supermans Rückkehr Teil 4 (Mai 1996)
• in O Retorno do Super-Homem (Editora Abril, 1994 series) #3 (Novembro 1994)
• in Superman (TM-Semic, 1990 series) #8/1996 ([sierpień] 1996)
• in The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) ([November] 2007)
• in Superman (DC, 2016 series) #4 - The Return of Superman ([May] 2016)
• in Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) and story continues in both GREEN LANTERN (DC, 1990 series) #46 and SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #82.

DC Universe 13 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

DC Universe / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[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 - Mark Lucas, Joe Torcivia, John S. Skinner, Jr., Sunny Lee, Vincent L. White and Derek Bruff - and responses from Jennifer Frank.