Adventures of Superman #557 [Direct Sales]
(May 1998)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1998-03-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200033 55711
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (editor); Maureen McTigue (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

1998 Diamond #17
Millennium Giants crossover Continues in steel #50 https://www.comics.org/issue/61678/
This issue has variants:

Behold! The Millennium Giants! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (layout); Tom Grummett
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue; Superman Red; Lori Lemaris
Reprints
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The End of the World as We Know It! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Karl Kesel; Barbara Kesel
Pencils
Val Semeiks
Inks
Denis Rodier; Scott Koblish
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue [Superman Red; Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Superboy; Supergirl; Steel [John Henry Irons]; JLA [Justice League; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; Teen Titans [Atom [Ray Palmer]; Argent; Risk; Prysm; Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Fringe]; Arsenal [Roy Harper]; Geo-Force [Prince Brion Markov]; Terra [Tara Markov]; Tempest [Garth]; Lori Lemaris; Millennium Giants [Cabraca; Sekhmet; Cerne]
Synopsis
Steel recruits Superboy to battle the Millennium Giants. Superman Blue is helped in Mexico by the JLA and Superboy. Geo-Force and Terra battle a giant in Markovia, with help from Superman Red, the Teen Titans, Supergirl, and the JLA. Superman Blue joins Aquaman to battle a giant in Tritonis. The damage to Markovia is great, but the people are saved.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Superman (DC, 1987 series) #134 and continues in Action Comics #744.

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

Kryptograms / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mike McAvennie answers letters from readers.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Behold! The Millennium Giants!
    Superman
  2. 1. The End of the World as We Know It!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Kryptograms
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Fred Beels
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Bob Hughes
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Glenn Simpson
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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