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Issue: Action Comics Annual #2
Publication Date: June 1989
 
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07098931243295
Price: $2.25 CAD
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
George Pérez (signed)
Jerry Ordway (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
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Miscellaneous
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Memories of Krypton's Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jerry Ordway; George Pérez; Roger Stern
Jerry Ordway (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); Mike Mignola (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Curt Swan (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
John Statema (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); George Pérez (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Brett Breeding (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
Glenn Whitmore
Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; The Cleric (first appearance); Cellkeeper 385 (first appearance); Gladiator Attendant Lentra (first appearance); Draaga; Jor-El (flashback); Kelex (flashback); Lara (flashback); Sen-M the Elder (flashback); the League of Life (flashback); Syra (flashback; dies); Tyr-N (flashback); Perry White (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Jimmy Olsen (flashback); Cat Grant (flashback); Jonathan Kent (flashback); Martha Kent (flashback); Matrix [Supergirl] (flashback); Lana Lang (flashback); Mongul (villain); Kaargl (first appearance, villain); Eradicator (first appearance)
Superman fights and defeats Mongul's gladiators. The Cleric has an artifact from Krypton that he has been holding until the right person comes along.
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Miscellaneous
48
Story continued from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #454 and story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #32.
Matrix

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Dan Jurgens
Brett Breeding
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Matrix [Supergirl]
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Miscellaneous
1
Cat Grant

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Dan Jurgens
Brett Breeding
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Cat Grant [Catherine Jane Grant]
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Miscellaneous
1
How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
George Pérez
Jerry Ordway; Mike Mignola
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
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Miscellaneous
2
George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.

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