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Issue: Action Comics Annual #2
Publication Date: June 1989
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Issues: #2 of 13 Issues (25 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/13/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
£0.70 GBP
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In12
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4 published January 1990
as Gestrandet auf Kriegswelt [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Homem #84 published June 1991
as Transformado num gladiador estrelar! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Exile #[nn] published August 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Eighties #[nn] published June 2006
as Post-Crisis [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude #[nn] published June 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Memories of Krypton's Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Ordway; George Pérez; Roger Stern
Penciller(s): 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))
Inker(s): 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))
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4 published January 1990
as Erinnerung an Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1991 published April 1991
as Minner fra Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]22 pages
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Homem #84 published June 1991
as Lembranças de Krypton [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Exile #[nn] published August 1998
as Memories of Krypton's Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude #[nn] published June 2012
as Memories of Krypton's Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 48
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #454 and story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #32.
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Matrix

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens
Inker(s): Brett Breeding
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Matrix [Supergirl]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1991 published January 1991
as Matrix [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cat Grant

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens
Inker(s): Brett Breeding
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Cat Grant [Catherine Jane Grant]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1991 published January 1991
as Cat Grant [Character Profile on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Pérez
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway; Mike Mignola
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.

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