Issue | #1 |
Published | April 1986 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Roy Thomas |
Characters | Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Spectre; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Huntress [Helena Wayne] |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jerry Ordway (signed); Wayne Boring (image in crystal ball) (signed) |
Inks | Jerry Ordway (signed) |
Notes | Image in crystal ball is reprinted from page 19 of main story. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Jor-L; Lara Jor-L; John Kent; Mary Kent; George Taylor; Lois Lane |
Synopsis | Rocketed to Earth-Two from the exploding planet Krypton, Kal-L grows up to become Superman. He makes his public debut in 1938, trying to prevent the execution of an innocent woman. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Roy Thomas |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Jerry Ordway |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | David Cody Weiss |
Notes | Retelling of the stories in Action Comics #1 and Superman #1. |
Characters | Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Roy Thomas |
Pencils | Joe Shuster (layout); Paul Cassidy (prelim sketches); John Dikela (Superman's heads only) |
Inks | Eddie Dobrotka; John Dikela (Superman's heads only); Lee Nowack (line work inside figures) |
Letters | ?; typeset |
Notes | Previously unpublished artwork. Wayne Boring provided information as to who did what. |
Synopsis | Letters page explains why series was created post-Crisis. Roy Thomas goes into details how odd numbered issues would cover Golden Age origins, while the even numbered ones would follow the more silver/modern age origins. Gives brief history behind Golden Age Superman, and the writers and artists associated with him, including this issue's artist Wayne Boring. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Last Wayne Boring artwork before his passing. |