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Issue: Action Comics Annual #2

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Publication Date: June 1989

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Issues: #2 of 13 Issues (25 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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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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Format

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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Variants2

Action Comics Annual #2 [Direct Sales]

Action Comics Annual #2 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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

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Pages: 1

Memories of Krypton's Past

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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.

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Pages: 48

Notes: 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

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]

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Pages: 1

Cat Grant

Character Profile on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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]

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Pages: 1

How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

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Pages: 2

Notes: George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.