Superman #78 [Standard Edition - Direct]
(June 1993)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
40
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 (credited) (editor); Jennifer Frank (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

1993 Triangle #14.
This issue has variants:

Reign of the Supermen! Doomsday for Doomsday! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (credited) (signed as Jurgens)
Inks
Brett Breeding (credited) (signed as Breeding)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Doomsday
Reprints
Keywords
Reign of the Supermen

Alive [Reign of the Supermen, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens (credited) (story)
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (credited) (layouts)
Inks
Brett Breeding (credited) (finished art)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thursday.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Whit; Rampage [Dr. Kitty Faulkner]; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Paul Westfield; Professor Emil Hamilton; Dr. Meyer; Doomsday (villain)
Synopsis
Cyborg Superman takes Doomsday's body from Cadmus and leaves it in space. Doomsday then is revealed to be alive.
Reprints
Keywords
Reign of the Supermen

Indexer Notes

Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Issue dedicated to Jerry Ordway. Story continues from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #22 and story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #501.

The Man of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 2)

Cyborg Superman / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed as Jurgens)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed as Breeding)
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
Synopsis
Glossy, full color centerfold poster of Cyborg Superman with "The Man of Tomorrow!" printed in black and white block lettering on the back.
Reprints
Keywords
Reign of the Supermen

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jennifer Frank (signed)
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Metropolis Mailbag [Blue Lettered Envelope]
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - John Switzer, Christopher Roesler and Stephen Elliott - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Reign of the Supermen! Doomsday for Doomsday!
    Superman
  2. 1. Alive [Reign of the Supermen, Part 3]
    Superman
  3. 2. The Man of Tomorrow
    Cyborg Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Fred Beels
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Genevieve Halton
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jordan Inman
  • Jon McCann
  • Jim Van Dore