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Man of Steel 1 (Cover A)

MAN OF STEEL #1

Cover Date: October 1986
Cover Price: $0.75

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Cover Credits:
Art: John Byrne (signed), John Byrne (Cover B; Signed)
Colors: Tom Ziuko


Story: "Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn..." (32 Pages)
Ch. 1: "The Secret"
Ch. 2: "The Exposure"
Epilogue: "The Super-Hero"

Credits:

StoryJohn Byrne
PencilsJohn Byrne
InksDick Giordano
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsTom Ziuko
EditingAndy Helfer

Feature Character(s):

Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El; first appearance of the post-Crisis Superman; see Comment; also in flashback in between prologue and chapter one of main story, and in flashback in between chapters one and two)

Supporting Character(s):

Jor-El (first post-Crisis appearance; Kal-El's biological father; last in World of Krypton Vol. 2 #4; next in Adventures of Superman #461)
Lara Jor-El (first post-Crisis appearance; Kal-El's biological mother; last in World of Krypton Vol. 2 #4; next in Adventures of Superman #461)
Jonathan Kent (first post-Crisis appearance; Kal-El's foster father; last in flashback in World of Smallville #2; also in flashback in between pages 18 and 21 of flashback in World of Smallville #2; on page 22 of the flashback in World of Smallville #3 between chapters one and two; next in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4)
Martha Clark Fordman Kent (first post-Crisis appearance; Kal-El's foster mother; last in flashback in World of Smallville #2; also in flashback in between pages 18 and 21 of flashback in World of Smallville #2; on page 22 of the flashback in World of Smallville #3 between chapters one and two; next in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4)
Lana Lang (first post-Crisis appearance; Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart; last in flashback page 15 in World of Smallville #3; also in flashback in between panels of flashback page 13 of World of Smallville #3; next in flashback in issue #6)
Lois Lane (first post-Crisis appearance; a Daily Planet news reporter; in flashback; last in flashback in World of Metropolis #3)

Villain(s):

Professor Emmett Vale (first post-Crisis appearance; a scientist and the creator of Metallo; next in issue #4)

Other Character(s):

Kelex (first appearance; a Kryptonian robot servants; last in World of Krypton Vol. 2 #4; destroyed)
Kelor (first appearance; a Kryptonian robot servants; last in World of Krypton Vol. 2 #4; destroyed)
Rusty (first appearance; Clark Kent's pet dog; in flashback)
Morrow (first appearance; a NASA pilot; in flashback)
West (first appearance; a NASA pilot; in flashback)
Calahan (first appearance; a NASA pilot; in flashback)

Comment(s):

As I am still far from completing the later years of the Superman Index, a more thorough chronological listing of Clark Kent's childhood years will be prepared for later.

Story Reprinted in:

The Man of Steel (1987)
The Man of Steel (1993)
Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 (2003)


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