Superman #123 [Standard Edition]
(May 1997)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1997-03-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200491 12311
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (editor); Mike McAvennie (associate editor)

Issue Notes

1997 Triangle #19. New logo designed by Todd Klein (per his website).
This issue has variants:

Ready for the Next Century! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
Todd Klein (letters and logo design)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Standard edition cover with purple background.

Letters and logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Superman... Reborn! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Jurgens
Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Bibbo Bibbowski; Professor Emil Hamilton; Dr. Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; Scorn [Ceritak]; Angie; Lex Luthor (villain); Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza (villain)
Synopsis
Superman tries to gain control of his new electrical based powers.
Reprints

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Corey Butler, Christina Bennett, Bill D. Middleton, James V. Kautz and The Legman - and responses from Mike McAvennie. Reprint of cover to SUPERMAN: THE WEDDING ALBUM (DC, 1996 series) #1.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ready for the Next Century!
    Superman
  2. 1. Superman... Reborn!
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Morbus Iff
  • Thomas Kina
  • Allen Ross
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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