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Adventures of Superman 436

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #436

Cover Date: January 1988
Cover Price: $0.75

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jerry Ordway (signed)


Story: "Junk" (22 Pages)

Credits:

PlotJohn Byrne, Jerry Ordway
StoryJohn Byrne
PencilsJerry Ordway
InksJohn Beatty
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsAnthony Tollin
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 2 #13; next in Action Comics #596)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Superman Vol. 2 #12; next in Action Comics #596)
Martha Kent (last in Superman Vol. 2 #12; next in Action Comics #596)

Villain(s):

Lana Lang (last in Superman Vol. 2 #13; next in Action Comics #596)
Peter "Pete" Ross (first post-Crisis appearance; childhood friend of Clark Kent; revealed as a Manhunter agent; next in Action Comics #596)
Doctor G. I. Whitney's Manhunter replacement (last in Millennium #1; destroyed in this story; next, as a spirit-simulacrum, in Action Comics #596)
Mrs. Whitney's Manhunter replacement (first appearance; destroyed, behind the scenes, in flashback)
Manhunters (in flashback in between Secret Origins Vol. 2 #22, pages 26 and 27)

Guest Appearance(s):

Guardians of the Universe (in flashback following flashback in Green Lantern Corps Annual #2)
Five unnamed Green Lanterns (first appearance of all five; all five die)

Other Character(s):

Doctor G. I. Whitney (a Smallville pediatrician) and Mrs. Whitney (his wife; first appearance of both; both die in flashback)
Elsie (first appearance; a pregnant woman of Smallville; in flashback)

Comment(s):

A "Millennium Week 3" crossover issue.

Solicitation:

Superman's search for Lana Lang takes him to Smallville, where the Manhunters lay in wait.


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