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Issue: Superman #423
Publication Date: September 1986
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Issues: #423 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1986
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #28.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In13
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Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan [as Swanderson] (signed)
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson [as Swanderson] (signed)
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Prankster; Toyman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallos; Legion of Super-Heroes (obscured)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #79 published January 1987
as Ist Superman verschwunden? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman #423 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published March 2006
as [Cover to Superman #423] Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.
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Superman in "Superman"

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metropolis Mailbag
Synopsis: Recapping the Superman series from it's early days to this, the final issue.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1997
as Superman in "Superman" [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.45
Job Number: S-4826
Disclose Notes: Inside front and back covers.
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Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alan Moore
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Pérez
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane Elliot; Tim Crane; Jonathan Elliot; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro; Lana Lang; Pete Ross (deceased); Prankster; Toyman [Winslow Schott]; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallo; Perry White; Alice White; Krypto; Kryptonite Man; Legion of Super-Heroes [Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]
Synopsis: Tim Crane interviews Lois Lane Elliot about Superman’s final days on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance. Lois relates how Bizarro suddenly became murderous, then the Toyman and the Prankster attacked revealing Superman’s secret identity, and finally a group of Metallos attacked the Daily Planet. In response, Superman took his closest friends to the Fortress of Solitude for protection. As, Brainiac took over Luthor's body and recruited the Kryptonite Man, the Legion of Super-Heroes accompanied by Supergirl visited Superman and presented him with a statuette.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #12/1986 published January 1986
as Hvor ble det av Supermann? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #79 published January 1987
as Was wurde aus dem Stählernen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1997
as Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKlassiker der Comic-Literatur #1 published January 2005
as Was wurde eigentlich aus dem Mann von morgen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" DVD Issue #[nn] published January 2006
as Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore #[nn] published March 2006
as Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition #[nn] published September 2009
as Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: S-4617
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues in ACTION COMICS #583.

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