Superman #19 [Newsstand]

(July 1988)

The Power That Failed! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

John Beatty (credited)

Colors

Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

G-3728

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Cat Grant; Jimmy Olsen; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Lois Lane; Sarah Olsen; Professor Thaddeus Killgrave (villain, introduction); Psi-Phon [J'ankway] (villain, introduction); Dreadnaught [Breemmill] (villain, introduction); Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Gretchen Kelley

Synopsis

A spaceship arrives, and after Superman investigates, he starts losing his powers, one at a time.

Reprints

• in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #12/1989 (uke 51 1989)
• in Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain! (DC, 2000 series) ([April] 2000)
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #9 (2016 [January 2017])
• in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2020 series) #4 ([May] 2022)

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #442.

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

Superman / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Renee Witterstaetter

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-3162

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Brian Simpson, Jeff Mitchell, Roger D. Case, Joe Frank, Mathew A. Young, Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dennis Tucker, Stephen Robinson, Jonathan Ezor and Greg Manter - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

The third printing only has the first of the two pages, stopping in the middle of Ann C.H. Brachwitz's letter.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

The first printing and the third printing have completely different house ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: six house ads for: Annual 88 (Infinity Inc. Annual #2, Spectre Annual #1, and Young All Stars Annual #1), Batman: The Cult, Action Comics, Power of the Atom, Who's Who Update 1988, and Great DC Deals! (subscription ad, expires April 10, 1988).

Third printing: three house ads for: Bugs Bunny, The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (subscription ad, expires 5/31/90), and Superman of Tomorrow? (Superman #41-42, Adventures of Superman #464-465, and Action Comics #651-652).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Martin (signed); ?

Inks

Don Martin (signed); ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

The first printing and the third printing have completely different ads. They appear in various places in this issue.

First printing: five ad pages for: Zip-Poom Jolly Rancher Stix (candy, Leaf, art by Don Martin); Games with Memories You Won't Forget (video games, FCI), Body Builder (models, MPC), Write Right Now! (classified ads, Print Advertising Representatives, 1/2 page), Comic Book and Star Trek Conventions (conventions, Creation's Science Fiction and Comic World, 1/2 page), and Forgotten Realms Black Wizards Book Two: The Moonshae Tilogy (book, TSR).

Third printing: nine ad pages for: Destination Earthstar (video game, Acclaim), The Apes of Wrath (drink, Capri Sun), The Ultimate Game Club (game club, 1/2 page), Great Eastern Conventions (conventions, 1/2 page), Warehouse Sale (comic back issues, American Entertainment, 2 pages), Mile High Comics (comic back issues, Mile High Comics), classified ads (no ad company listed), Fly with the Best! (video games, Tengen), and The Forgotten Realms Adventures (game rulebook, TSR).