Adventures of Superman
#424
[Newsstand]
(January 1987)
DC,
1987 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1986-10-16
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893114001
- Editing
- Andy Helfer
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #32.
This issue is a variant of Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #424 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #424 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
The Adventures Begin!
Superman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Ordway (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alex Jay (logo design); ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
- Reprints
-
in Superman Classic (Play Press, 1994 series) #2 -
in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #9 (Febrero 22 de 1987) -
in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2003) - in Superman in the Eighties (DC, 2006 series) ([June] 2006)
- in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([October] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- World Trade Center
Indexer Notes
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #14. Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
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Man O' War!
Superman / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Machlan (credited)
- Colors
- Tom Ziuko (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Job Number
- G-2827
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Sam Lane (first post-crisis appearance); Elinore Lane (first post-crisis appearance); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant [Catherine Grant] (introduction); Mr. Johnson; Officer McGregor; Bill Henderson (first post-crisis appearance); Professor Emil Hamilton (introduction); Lex Luthor (villain); Lilya (villain); The Freedom League (villains); Abu (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superman fights some terrorists. Luthor develops a serum that will help Lois' sick mother, which she can have if she goes on a date with him.
- Reprints
- in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, 1986 series) #9 (Febrero 22 de 1987)
-
in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #5/1987 (uke 27 1987) -
in Der Neue Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1987 series) #7/1988 (14.07.1988) - in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2003)
- in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #1 ([October] 2020)
-
Rarer Than Kryptonite!
Superman / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Indexer Notes
Postcard to be used to enter a contest to win THE MAN OF STEEL trade paperback. Insert not included in page count.
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