Superman #8 [Direct]
(August 1987)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-04-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin) (editor); Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer) (editor)

Issue Notes

Issue is dedicated to the memory of Edmond Hamilton.

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
John Byrne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249.

Future Shock (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Karl Kesel (credited)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Job Number
G-3158
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy [as Bob Cobb] (flashback); Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lad (flashback); Mon-El (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Sun Boy; Ultra Boy (flashback)]; Night Girl (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross (Pocket Universe; flashback); Police Chief Parker (Pocket Universe; flashback); Time Trapper (villain, flashback); Fatal Five (villains, flashback); Legion of Super-Villains (villains, flashback)
Synopsis
The Legion meets a Superman who never lived life as Superboy.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First pocket universe. Story continued from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (DC, 1984 series) #37 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #591. The 4 members of the Legion correspond to the members of the Fantastic Four: Sun Boy (Human Torch), Blok (Thing), Invisible Kid (Invisible Girl), and Brainiac 5 (Mr. Fantastic).

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

Superman / letters page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-2751

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Mrs. Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dale Coe, Michael K. Willis, Shaun P. Barry, Mark Delaney, Vaughn Guild, Dave Berkebile and Danny DeAngelo.

[E. Nelson Bridwell 1931-1987] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Superman
  2. 1. Future Shock
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  4. 3. [E. Nelson Bridwell 1931-1987]
    Meanwhile...
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Morbus Iff
  • John Monagle
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore