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Issue: Superman: The Man of Steel #4
Publication Date: October 2005
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/24/2005
Volume: 4
Pages: 196
ISBN: 1401204554
UPC/EAN: 97814012045565199976194124597300111
Price: $26.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Collects:
Superman (DC, 1987 series) #7-8
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #590-591
Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #430-431
Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1984 series) #37-38
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Squarebound; Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rampage [Kitty Faulkner]; Krypto; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Brainiac 5; Chemo; Mammoth
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Superman: The Man of Steel Volume Four

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
The title page is illustrated with an image of Superman taken from the last panel on page 9 of Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #431. The following two-page credits spread has two illustrations of Superman. The first (on the left-hand page) is taken from the cover of Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #430, and the second is from the second panel on page 12 of issue #431.
Superman or Superboy?

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
In 1985, DC Comics chose to commemorate their 50th anniversary by destroying the universe.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The introduction is illustrated by an image of Superman taken from the third panel of page 19 of Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #431. The text explains how the importance of Superboy to the Legion of Super-Heroes required a "fix" to make the Legion compatible with the post-Crisis Superman, who had never been a Superboy.
Rampage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rampage [Kitty Faulkner; aka Karen Lou Faulkner] (first appearance; origin); Lois Lane; Dr. Tom Moyers (first appearance); Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Allie; Martin
When an experiment explodes, Kitty Faulkner becomes Rampage.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #7 [Direct Sales] published July 1987
was Rampage! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
23
G-3136
Homeward Bound!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Perry White; Cat Grant; Green Lantern Corps (cameo); Rampage (cameo); Dave; Fearsome Five [Gizmo [Mikron O'Jeneus]; Mammoth [Baran Flinders]; Shimmer [Selinda]; Deuce (also a member of The Circle); Charger (also a member of The Circle)]
Clark is having a hard time reconciling his personal life with his private life. His Superman persona is interfering with his job and causes him to miss his parent's 49th wedding anniversary party.
Reprinting
FlagAdventures of Superman #430 [Direct] published July 1987
was Homeward Bound! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
G-3140
Better Dying Through Chemistry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum [Tina]; Tin]; Lois Lane; Doc Magnus [Will Magus]; Mr. Lydecker; Negative Woman (flashback; cameo); Chemo
When Clark Kent accidentally falls in a vat of chemicals, a new Chemo is born.
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #590 [Direct] published July 1987
was Better Dying Through Chemistry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
A Twist in Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lass; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Polar Boy; Sun Boy; Ultra Boy]; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Night Girl; Circadia Senius; Lana Lang (Pocket Universe); Pete Ross (Pocket Universe); Police Chief Parker (Pocket Universe); Martha Kent (Pocket Universe); Jonathan Kent (Pocket Universe); Mr. Jones (Pocket Universe); Time Trapper
After Cosmic Boy learned that history had changed and Superman had never been Superboy, the Legion attempts to travel through time to confront the Time Trapper but instead end up in Superboy's time.
Reprinting
FlagLegion of Super-Heroes #37 published August 1987
was A Twist in Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 5, 8, 11, 16, 17, and 22 omitted
 
Miscellaneous
21
G-3052
Future Shock!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy (flashback); Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lad (flashback); Mon-El [as Bob Cobb] (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Sun Boy; Ultra Boy (flashback)]; Night Girl (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross (Pocket Universe; flashback); Police Chief Parker (Pocket Universe; flashback); Time Trapper (flashback); Fatal Five (cameo); Legion of Super-Villains (cameo)
The Legion meets a Superman who never lived life as Superboy.
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #8 [Direct] published August 1987
was Future Shock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
21
G-3158
The 4 members of the Legion correspond to the members of the Fantastic Four: Sun Boy (Human Torch), Blok (Thing), Invisible Kid (Invisible Girl), and Brainiac 5 (Mr. Fantastic).
Past Imperfect

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Pete Ross (Pocket Universe); Martha Kent (Pocket Universe); Jonathan Kent (Pocket Universe); Krypto (Pocket Universe); Time Trapper
Superman encounters the inhabitants of Superboy's Smallville and battles Superboy himself, while the Time Trapper explains how and why he created the Pocket Universe.
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #591 [Direct Sales] published August 1987
was Past Imperfect [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
G-3228
The existence of the pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion stories are reconciled with the current Superman continuity.
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Solid black page
The Greatest Hero of Them All

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Element Lad; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lass; Magnetic Kid; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Polar Boy; Quislet; Saturn Girl; Sensor Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Tellus; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy; White Witch; Wildfire]; Night Girl; Superboy (Pocket Universe) (dies); Lana Lang (Pocket Universe); Pete Ross (Pocket Universe); Martha Kent (Pocket Universe); Jonathan Kent (Pocket Universe); Lightning Lad (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Time Trapper
The death of Superboy.
Reprinting
FlagLegion of Super-Heroes #38 published September 1987
was The Greatest Hero of Them All [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pp. omitted
 
Miscellaneous
25
G-3063
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
solid black page
They Call Him-- Doctor Stratos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Cat Grant; President Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan; Vice-President George Bush; Premier Mikhail Gorbachev; Eddie; Gopher; Dr. Stratos [Constantine] (first appearance); Emil Markos (dies); Marianne; Hodor; The McGuffin Mob (first appearance)
Superman battle Dr. Stratos, a man who thinks he's a god, and who currently has control over the world's weather.
Reprinting
FlagAdventures of Superman #431 [Direct] published August 1987
was They Call Him -- Doctor Stratos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
G-3207
Credits acknowledge special thanks to Len Wein. Inking credits from the letters page of original issue.
Superman #7

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rampage [Kitty Faulkner]
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #7 [Direct Sales] published July 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Superman #8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]
Reprinting
FlagSuperman #8 [Direct] published August 1987
was Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249.
Adventures of Superman #430

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Mammoth
Reprinting
FlagAdventures of Superman #430 [Direct] published July 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Adventures of Superman #431

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
FlagAdventures of Superman #431 [Direct] published August 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Action Comics #590

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Chemo (shaped like Superman); Metal Men [Gold; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Platinum; Tin]
Chemo is Back!
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #590 [Direct] published July 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Action Comics #591

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Superboy (Pocket Universe); Legion of Super-Heroes [Bloc; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]; Krypto
Smallville isn't big enough for the both of us, Superman!
Reprinting
FlagAction Comics #591 [Direct Sales] published August 1987
was Superman vs. Superboy [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Legion of Super-Heroes #37

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy (Pocket Universe); Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Ultra Boy]; Night Girl
Reprinting
FlagLegion of Super-Heroes #37 published August 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Legion of Super-Heroes #38

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy (Pocket Universe); Legion of Super-Heroes
Reprinting
FlagLegion of Super-Heroes #38 published September 1987
was The Greatest Hero of Them All [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Inside front and back covers are blank.
Superman and Superboy?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The back cover contains text promoting the contents of this volume and is illustrated by art taken from the first panel of page 4 of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #8 and by small images of the first three volumes in this series.

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