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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

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Pages: 1

Notes: Superman symbol on black background.

The Man of Steel

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Notes: Title page.

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Notes: Publication data page with an image of the back of Superman's cape as background.

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): John Byrne

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First Line: The new Superman has many fathers and mothers...

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Why Superman? Why Today?

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Writer(s): Ray Bradbury

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

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Superman: A Personal View

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

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Notes: Includes small reproductions of the 7 covers of the original series.

Book One - Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn...

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Jor-El (post-Crisis intro); Lara (post-Crisis intro); Kelex (intro); Kelor; Kal-El (as baby, post-Crisis intro)

Synopsis: Lara and Jor-El discuss their unborn son, and how Jor-El intends to protect him. As Krypton begins its final eruptions, Jor-El sends Kal-El to Earth.

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Pages: 8

Job Number: G-2725

Chapter One: The Secret

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent (post-Crisis intro); Martha Kent (post-Crisis intro); Lana Lang (post-Crisis intro)

Synopsis: Clark Kent is now a star football player, helped by additional strength. But his foster father reveals that he is adopted and is an alien from another planet.

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Chapter Two: The Exposure

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane (post-Crisis intro)

Synopsis: After helping out secretly for years, Clark Kent is forced into doing his first public super-deed, saving the space-plane Constitution. In doing so, he has his first meeting with Lois Lane.

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Epilogue: The Super-Hero

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis: The Kents design and make a costume for Clark, and come up with a way for him to look different in both identities as he adopts his Superman identity.

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Book Two - The Story of the Century

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lex Luthor; Mr. Guthrie

Synopsis: Superman meets Lois and Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet.

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Pages: 22

Job Number: G-2726

Book Three - One Night in Gotham City...

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Henry Jarrell (dies); VILLAINS: Magpie [Margaret Pye]; Bull Carter (dies)

Synopsis: Superman comes to Gotham City to arrest the outlaw Batman, interrupting Batman's pursuit of the criminal Magpie. While pursuing the villain together, Superman comes to realize that Gotham City is very different from Metropolis and needs a different type of hero.

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Pages: 22

Book Four - Enemy Mine...

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Yvette; Lex Luthor

Synopsis: Luthor allows a group of terrorists to attack his luxury liner so he can meet Superman and put him on his payroll. But Superman refuses to be bought and Luthor is jailed for reckless endangerment. In response Luthor vows revenge on the Man of Steel.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Superman's first encounter with Lex Luthor (post-Crisis).

Book Five - The Mirror, Crack'd...

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Bizarro (dies); Dr. Teng

Synopsis: Lex tries to create a clone of Superman, resulting in the creation of Bizarro.

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Pages: 23

Notes: First post-Crisis Bizarro.

Book Six - The Haunting

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Writer(s): John Byrne

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Dick Giordano

Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko

Letterer(s): John Costanza

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Jor-El (hologram); Lara (hologram); Lois Lane (cameo)

Synopsis: On a trip home to Smallville, Superman discovers the spaceship that brought him to Earth is missing. But at the same time he triggers a computer program that reveals to him his Kryptonian heritage and places all of Krypton's knowledge in his mind. He also discovers what revealing his powers to Lana years ago did to her and decides he wants to actively pursue a life with Lois.

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Pages: 22

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Notes: Back cover. Short biographies of John Byrne and Dick Giordano.