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Issue: The Man of Steel #1
Publication Date: October 1986
 
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Title:
Is Variant Variant: Special Collector's Edition Cover
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/17/1986
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #29. Metallic silver ink logo.
This comic contains no ads. This edition was only available through the direct market.
Said to be the first Variant Cover ever.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
FlagSuperman Special #1 published January 1987in Dutch
FlagStålmannen #1-2/1987 published ?
FlagSupermann #1/1987 published January 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagDer Neue Superman Handbuch #1 published January 1987
as Alles über den neuen Superman - in diesem Band! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Man of Steel #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #35093 published February 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMillennium Edition: The Man of Steel 1 #[nn] published February 2000
as The Legend Begins! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
This cover has a close-up of Clark opening his shirt and was only available at direct-sales outlets.
The Man of Steel

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dick Giordano discusses the new direction for Superman.
Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Kelor
Welcome home, my lord.
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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Chapter One: The Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Rusty
... and this Smallville crowd is going absolutely wild...
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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Miscellaneous
10
Chapter Two: The Exposure

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Calahan
Good morning, honey.
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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Miscellaneous
10
Epilogue: The Super-Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Well, Ma, how's it coming?
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Superman: A Personal View

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
L-2472
John Byrne talks about his introduction to Superman.
Coming Every Two Weeks!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the back cover. Displays black and white versions of all six covers for this series, minus the cover text.

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