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1. Post-Engagement
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| Adventures of Superman #480-495, 497; Superman #51-53: Jerry Ordway script |
| Superman #51, 53: Jerry Ordway pencils |
| Adventures of Superman #496; Superman #51-53; Superman: The Man of Steel #2-11, 13-14, 16, 18: Dennis Janke inks |
| Superman (second series) #51 | contains the first appearance of Mr. Z; Superman saves workers from a Lexcorp nuclear accident; Jose buys and loses a lotto ticket, found by Bibbo; Perry chooses a leave of absence, Sam Foswell becomes managing editor; Mr. Z tries to capture Superman's soul into his gemstone, but being an alien Superman can will the stone to break freeing the other souls to die; after apparently dying Z recovers and leaves for Saudi Arabia; the first issue to carry the numbered "S"-shield triangle on the cover; cover-dated January 1991 | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #474-478; Superman #57-74: Dan Jurgens script |
| Adventures of Superman #474-478; Superman #58-63, 65-68, 70-74: Dan Jurgens pencils |
| Adventures of Superman #474-475: Art Thibert pencils |
| Adventures of Superman #474 | occurs on New Year's Eve; Clark visits the comatose Scott Brubaker, a high school friend injured in a drunk driving accident about 10 years ago; Brubaker's parents plan to let him die after suing for the right; Clark credits the accident with Brubaker, Lana, and Pete, in teaching him to act responsibly; cover-dated January 1991 | 0 |
| Action Comics #661-665, 667-684: Roger Stern script |
| Action Comics #661-664, 668-670, 672-675: Bob Mcleod pencils |
| Action Comics #661; Adventures of Superman #476-478; Superman (second series) #58-59, 61-63, 65-68, 70-71, 73-74: Brett Breeding inks |
| Action Comics #661 | when dropping Lucy at the airport, Jimmy meets Woozy Winks and Plastic Man; Bibbo buys the Ace O' Clubs after winning $14 million; Superman and Plastic Man track down and capture Time-Bomb; Tiny Bubbles arrives in town for Intergang; cover-dated January 1991 | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #52 | Kerry Gammill pencils; Terra-Man attacks a Lexcorp landfill causing a death; Lois meets a Lexcorp contact Ray Mossbach; Superman arrests Terra-Man after agreeing to help test an enzyme to detoxify Lookout Peak, a town Manning helped pollute | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #475 | Intergang opens Happyland, designed by Killgrave and Toyman, to launder money; Sleez uses Happyland to kidnap people, including Jimmy and Lucy; Killgrave attacks investigating Superman; Sleez is apparently blown up by Toyman; Dr. Kelley tells Clark Luthor left no will, and that Metropolis' economy will suffer; Jimmy gets out his signal watch | 0 |
| Action Comics #662-664, Superman: The Man of Steel #17: Bob Mcleod inks |
| Action Comics #662 | Clark reveals he is Superman to Lois Lane; a Lexcorp employee finds an apparent holographic will of Luthor; Blaze tries to kill Superman using the Silver Banshee | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #53 | the Sons of Liberty, led by Major Holcraft try assassinating Qurac's president Marlo; Lexcorp directors learn Luthor's will names a son as heir | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #476, Action Comics #663, Superman #54, Adventures of Superman #477, Action Comics #664, Superman #55, and Adventures of Superman #478: "Time and Time Again" storyline |
| Adventures of Superman #476 | Lois tells Clark she is still uncertain about marrying Superman; a rogue Linear Man arrives in Metropolis using a time disturbance; the Linear Man has been sent to arrest Booster Gold (Michael Carter) for stealing devices and going into the past, he activates Skeets, alerting Booster; when Superman sees Booster being attacked, he joins in to stop the Linear Man; when Superman accidentally disrupts the Linear Man's controls after a time vortex has been opened, Superman finds himself transported to a future 30th Century and meets teenage Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl; the teenage heroes recognize Superman | 0 |
| Action Comics #663 | responding to an exploding fuel storage, Superman finds himself bounced to the 1943 with blurred vision; Lexcorp is looking for Luthor Jr.; Superman works as a circus strongman for some weeks until his vision clears; in Metropolis and incognito he saves President Roosevelt from a Nazi assassin; Superman decides to find the Justice Society of America for help, but the Spectre prevents him and sends him to Warsaw | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #54 | features
- a main story (with Jerry Ordway script and pencils, inked by Dennis Janke; in which Superman, in Warsaw, frees Jewish prisoners and sabotages the Nazis' research test on an atomic bomb being carried out by General Zeiten (Mr. Z); Superman carries the test bomb away from the Jewish people, then it explodes while he holds it), and
- a Newsboy Legion story (written and drawn by Karl Kesel)
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| Adventures of Superman #477 | the Linear Man has taken Superman from 1943 and tries to maneuver him to a time disruption that will send him back to 1991, but disruption caused by a sun eater causes Superman to end up in an earlier time in the 30th century; Superman helps adult Legionnaires Lightning Lad, Wildfire, Ultra Boy, Shrinking Violet, Phantom Girl; the blast from the sun eater's implosion sends Superman out of time again | 0 |
| Action Comics #664 | Ma Olsen shows Lucy Lane baby pictures of Jimmy; with Sam Foswell at the Daily Planet, Perry and Alice decide to take a second honeymoon; Superman is in the past 100 million years ago and finds a stranded Chronos; Chronos tries doublecrossing Superman and Superman is sent by another explosion forward to a 500 thousand years ago; Superman finds the city-state of A'R'Ven and uses the takeoff blast from the H'V'Ler'Ni fleet to bounce forward again, this time to Camelot | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #55 | features
- a main story (written and illustrated entirely by Jerry Ordway; Morgaine Le Fey makes Superman a black knight and has him assault Camelot; Merlin frees him, and makes him a white knight; Camelot falls and Merlin decides to have his half-brother, the demon Etrigan, live within priest of the oak Jason Blood), and
- a Newsboy Legion story (written and drawn by Karl Kesel)
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| Adventures of Superman #478 | ties into Legion of Super-Heroes #18; Superman has been bounced from Camelot to 2995 meeting even older Legionnaires after the Legion has disbanded; Lexcorp directors take charge of Lexcorp until Luthor Jr. is found; Superman is told how the "pocket universe" Superboy died and that the Time Trapper's "pocket universe" has ended; Superman also learns how a Daxamite named Dev-Em from the 20th century sent into the future by Valor (Lar Gand) has become insane; Superman and the heroes stop Dev-Em destroying the Moon by detonating devices left by a splinter group of Dominators; the Linear Man says Superman has altered history and reactivates the devices destroying the moon, and using the blast to send Superman home where Lois says he's been missing only a couple of hours | 0 |
| Action Comics #665, 684; Adventures of Superman #481-491, 493-495, 497: Tom Grummett pencils |
| Action Comics #665 | Jose Marzan, Jr. inks; Baron Sunday uses his powers to turn six cellmates into super strong zombies, which attack Superman; after Superman breaks the spell, Sunday is left catatonic | 0 |
| Superman #56, Adventures of Superman #479, and Action Comics #666: the "Red Glass Trilogy" |
| Superman (second series) #56 | features
- a main story (James D. Hudnall script; Ed Hannigan pencils; Willie Blyberg inks; Superman, trying to stop a mugging, finds everyone terrified and hating him, a museum showing all the villains he has killed, Lois crippled, and Luthor alive but bankrupted; Luthor is shown to be Jimmy in disguise and uses green kryptonite on Superman) and
- a Newsboy Legion story (written and drawn by Karl Kesel)
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| Adventures of Superman #479, and Action Comics #666: James D. Hudnall script; Ed Hannigan pencils; Willie Blyberg inks |
| Adventures of Superman #479 | Superman passes out after Jimmy says he'd married Lois; Superman recovers and finds Metropolis destroyed, Booster Gold dying accuses him of doing it, a radio gives a message from Houston calling for Superman, Superman accidentally kills Guy Gardner and Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) after they attack him; the U.S. military readies to attack Superman | 0 |
| Action Comics #666 | Superman survives an attack by the military, and kills Firestorm, Captain Atom, and the Doom Patrol; finally he realizes he is on the moon and Houston space center is trying to radio him; his delusions were caused by a crystalline space probe buried within the moon that was trying to communicate with him | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #1-18: Louise Simonson script |
| Superman: The Man of Steel, Superman #57, Adventures of Superman #480, and Action Comics #667: "Revenge of the Krypton Man" storyline |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #1 | contains the first appearance of Cerberus; Cerberus is planting bombs targeting Lexcorp; Foswell lays off 10% of the staff including Jimmy who had just decided to move out from his mother, and had signed a lease; Clark and Lois present the Kents with a vacation; Clark is having headaches; the Eradicator reappears killing a cyborg employed by Cerberus, announces the sun will be transformed into a red dwarf and Earth into a new Krypton for Superman to rule; Emil shows Superman Mr. Z's gemstone; Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Bob Mcleod, & Dan Jurgens pencils; Dennis Janke, Jerry Ordway, Bob Mcleod, & Brett Breeding inks | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #57 | the Eradicator explains that being in the sun destroyed its circuitry but not its energy form; the Kents and the Whites are on the same cruise; Jimmy finds he is fired; Superman takes Emil with the gemstone to the Fortress; the Eradicator continues changing Metropolis and the Earth; when Superman confronts him again, the Eradicator subdues him and plans to kill him by sending him into the sun; Dan Jurgens, Art Thibert, Jon Bogdanove, Bob Mcleod, & Tom Grummett pencils; Brett Breeding, Art Thibert, Dennis Janke, Denis Rodier, & Jerry Ordway inks | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #480 | Superman battles Eradicator on Mercury; Jose is mugged; Ron Troupe is turned down by Foswell; Vinnie Edge pinches Cat; Emil tours the Fortress; Lois and Lucy see their Mom outside hospital; Eradicator continues reshaping Earth then detects Emil in the Fortress and goes to kill him; Superman makes it back to Earth, crashing in Alaska; Emil using a Kryptonian battlesuit sees the Eradicator arrive; Mayor Berkowitz announces he'll campaign for re-election; Tom Grummett, Curt Swan, Jon Bogdanove, Jim Mooney, Art Thibert, Bob Mcleod, & Dan Jurgens pencils; Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke, Art Thibert, Denis Rodier, Brett Breeding inks | 0 |
| Action Comics #667 | the U.S. Navy recovers Superman; Cat and Jose look for Adam; Bibbo finds Adam Grant; Superman helps Metropolis, then goes to the Fortress where the Eradicator has captured Emil; Emil uses the gemstone to suck in the Eradicator, Emil and Superman; within the gemstone Superman can disperse the Eradicator's form again, and the gemstone is destroyed releasing Emil and Superman; Jerry Ordway, Jim Mooney, Tom Grummett, Art Thibert, Jon Bogdanove, Curt Swan, & Dan Jurgens pencils; Dennis Janke, Denis Rodier, & Art Thibert inks | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #2-7, 9-14, 16-18: Jon Bogdanove pencils |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #2 | Cerberus sends Rorc and Belcher to continue attacking Lexcorp properties; Jimmy meets Babe Tanaka at the Newstime building | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #58 | Westfield has Superman captured by the Bloodhounds and brought to Cadmus to be mindprobed by Dubbilex, who discovers what made Superman act as the Gangbuster; Jude and the Hairies from the Zoomway help Superman escape | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #481-489, 491, 493-495, 497: Doug Hazlewood inks |
| Adventures of Superman #481 | Thornton hires Ron at Newstime when Jimmy is late for his job interview; Superman meets the Parasite, when the Parasite kills a train car's passengers; Lana and Pete get new apartments in Washington | 0 |
| Action Comics #668-670, 672-677, 679-681, 683-684: Denis Rodier inks |
| Action Comics #668 | Clark helps Cat broadcast a story confirming that Luthor's body was recovered by Superman, to try and end increasing public speculation | 0 |
| Flash #53 (featuring Flahs and Superman rescuing Jimmy Olsen) occurs about here |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #3 | participates in the
War of the Gods crossover | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #59 | Superman discusses his engagement and why he is Superman with Lois Lane at Mt. Fuji, where time has been secretly slowed by Liri Lee, after Superman saves the crew of a Navy Sub and catches someone who has found Bloodsport's weaponry; Berkowitz running for fourth term; Kents in Metropolis | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #482 | Superman captures the Parasite; the Daily Planet staff strike over a union contract | 0 |
| Action Comics #669 | features Intergang and Thorn (Rose Forrest) | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #4 | Angstrom (Joseph Anst) escapes S.T.A.R. labs and attacks Lois's father, retired Capt. Sam Lane; Lois challenges Clark to get a story on Intergang without using his powers | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #60 | Eduardo Barreto inks; Clark and Superman stop Intergang and Mannheim; contains the first appearance of Agent Liberty | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #483 | Blindspot returns; features Bibbo and Slam Bradley | 0 |
| Action Comics #670 | contains the first appearance of Lex Luthor, Jr.; Lex Jr. meets Dr. Kelley in Australia; Monarch (from Armageddon 2001, formerly Hawk) destroys downtown S.T.A.R. Labs while attacking Superman and the
Justice League; Joe Martin becomes the Atomic Skull after being zapped by a gadget of Monarch's | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #5 | Superman stops Joe Martin who believes he is the Atomic Skull, a character from an old movie serial | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #61 | "Time and Time Again Again" (following Armageddon 2001); the Metal Men help Superman and Emil dig out a quantum field generator; Collin Thornton is running for mayor; Lois visits Jimmy; Mr. Z survives a plane crash; Waverider (Matther Ryder) witnesses the generator explode, about to kill his parents when a woman appears; she is a Linear Man from Vanishing Point studying the incident; Waverider follows her when she takes the generator and Superman to Vanishing Point; Superman and Waverider meet the Linear Men (Liri Lee, Dr. Hunter, and a cowled figure); Waverider takes Lee's wrist device so he can save his parents; when Waverider and Superman have returned to their time, the cowled figure is shown to be an alternate timeline's Matt Ryder | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #484, Action Comics #671, Superman: The Man of Steel #6, Superman (second series) #62, Adventures of Superman #485: "Blackout" storyline |
| Adventures of Superman #484 | Mr. Z returns; Superman participates in an experiment of Emil Hamilton's, causing a blackout in Metropolis | 0 |
| Action Comics #671, Superman: The Man of Steel #8: Kieron Dwyer pencils |
| Action Comics #671 | Superman, suffering from amnesia, is found with Mr. Z by the French in the Antarctic, then find an island near Polynesia; Lex Luthor, Jr. arrives in Metropolis and greets the public; Brad Vancata inks | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #6 | Superman and Mr. Z encounter dinosaurs and then Neanderthals, including a girl named Lola-La who decides to marry Superman; Lois Lane, Emil Hamilton, and the Guardian begin searching for Superman; Metropolis, still suffering a blackout, has looters | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #62 | Perry White meets Lex Luthor, Jr.; Lois, Emil, and the Guardian find Superman and try to restore his memory | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #485 | Superman returns to Metropolis and, with the help of Dubbilex, regains his memory, though Dubbilex learns Superman's identity through the process; Mr. Z is left on the island | 0 |
| Action Comics #672 | Lois Lane interviews Lex Luthor, Jr., who seems legitimate; Superman meets Lex Luthor, Jr. | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #7 | cover-dated January 1992 | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #63 | Aquaman and Lori Lemaris appears; cover-dated January 1992 | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #486 | cover-dated January 1992 | 0 |
| Action Comics #673 | contains the first (post-Crisis) appearance of Helgrammite; Lana Lang and Pete Ross get engaged; Jimmy Olsen moves in with Bibbo; cover-dated January 1992 | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #8 | | 0 |
| Action Comics #676-681, 683; Superman (second series) #64: Jackson Guice pencils |
| Superman (second series) #64 | Jackson Guice inks; a Christmas tale | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #487 | | 0 |
| Action Comics #674, Superman: The Man of Steel #9, Superman (second series) #65, Adventures of Superman #488, Action Comics #675, Superman: The Man of Steel #10, Superman (second series) #66, Adventures of Superman #489: "Panic in the Sky" storyline |
| Action Comics #674 | the prologue to "Panic in the Sky"; Brainiac takes over Supergirl / Matrix and makes her think Superman is her enemy | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #9 | Brainiac attacks Metropolis with his ship | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #65 | Brainiac captures Metron and defeats Orion and Lightray; Superman assembles a team including Captain Marvel, Deathstroke (as tactical leader), Aquaman, and
Wonder Woman; Brainiac captures Aquaman | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #488 | the heroes rescue Aquaman;
Batman and Nightwing, Aquaman, Gangbuster and Thorn, Blue Beetle, and Red Fox fight teleported Warworld slaves in Metropolis; Superman fights Supergirl / Matrix, Draaga, and Maxima at Warworld, leading to Brainiac losing control of Supergirl and Draaga; the heroes battle Metron, Lightray, and Orion inside Warworld | 0 |
| Action Comics #675 | Warworld reaches Earth's moon; Team Luthor and the S.C.U. help the heroes in Metropolis; Brainiac takes control of some heroes (including Flash,
Guy Gardner,
Kilowog, Big Barda, and others) to fight the others | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #10 | the heroes controlled by Brainiac attack Superman; Draaga and Dubbilex free Orion, Metron, and Lightray; Draaga sacrifices himself to an anti-matter organic robot, and Supergirl takes on Draaga's form in honor; Metron and Dubbilex stop Brainiac's control of the heroes | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #66 | the heroes attack Brainiac; Maxima psionicly lobotomizes Brainiac | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #489 | the epilogue to "Panic in the Sky"; Metron takes away Brainiac, and Orion takes over Warworld; Luthor leads a celebration in Metropolis; Matrix and Cellkeeper bury Draaga in space with the Cleric; as Supergirl, Matrix heads back to Earth | 0 |
| Justice League Spectacular #1, in which the Justice League reforms in the aftermath of "Panic in the Sky," occurs here (in Justice League America #61, Superman and Maxima join the team) |
| Action Comics #676 | Superman battles Hellgrammite, who is trying to kill Luthor; Supergirl returns to Earth and meets Lex Luthor, Jr. | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #11 | | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #67 | | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #490 | Senator Pete Ross supports gun control; Trevor Scott inks | 0 |
| Action Comics #677 | Supergirl explains her origins to Luthor; in a WGBS interview with Cat, Luthor says Supergirl will work with Lexcorp; Superman cautions Supergirl and they briefly fight, a battle videotaped by Luthor | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #12 | Hilary Barta inks | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #68 | "Terminator Hunt: Sins of the Father"; when Lucy Lane is shot, Superman pursues Deathstroke; continues into Deathstroke #12-13 | 0 |
| Deathstroke #12-13 occurs here |
| Adventures of Superman #491 | Superman and Turpin work against Metallo, who has escaped prison | 0 |
| Action Comics #678 | Superman takes Metallo's head off; Lex Luthor, Jr. is revealed to be Luthor's brain, eyes, and spinal cord in a cloned body; Lana Lang is kidnapped; Andy Parks inks | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #13 | Superman defeats Cerberus | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #69, Adventures of Superman #492: Pete Krause pencils; Keith Williams inks |
| Superman (second series) #69 | Agent Liberty (Ben Lockwood) shoots Holcraft at a hearing, leading to Holcraft's death; Pete Ross is arrested; Agent Liberty is assigned to kill Pete Ross | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #492 | Superman confronts Agent Liberty, then goes and saves Lana; Agent Liberty decides not to kill Pete Ross, then kills Judge Kramer (the head of the Sons of Liberty) | 0 |
| Action Comics #679 | | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #14 | Superman fights vampires with
Robin (Tim Drake) in Metropolis; a vampire smashes Jimmy's signal watch and controls Lucy Lane | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #70 | as a vampire is about to kill Superman, Blaze secretly attacks the vampire | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #493, Action Comics #680, Superman: The Man of Steel #15, Superman (second series) #71: "The Blaze-Satanus War" storyline |
| Adventures of Superman #493 | contains the first appearance of Lord Satanus; Lord Satanus wants to kill Foswell, when finding that Blaze is using him as a gatekeeper to allow demon hordes to gate into the Newstime building | 0 |
| Action Comics #680 | Blaze seals the Newstime building with a force field and moves it, when Supergirl tries to break through the force field, into another dimension | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #15 | Superman, in the dimension with the Newstime building where his powers are unpredictable, battles demons who attack the humans after Blaze moves his former nightclub church, complete with Perry White and wife Alice, into the dimension; Kerry Gammill and Keith Giffen pencils; Dennis Janke and Trevor Scott inks | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #71 | Superman sides with Satanus after Blaze has her demons attack the humans; Satanus has Superman (and Perry White) ring the bell in the church tower, which Satanus uses to send the two buildings and the humans back to Metropolis; Satanus, back in Metropolis, tells Perry and Alice that Jerry's soul is in a good place; Superman and Blaze remain in the other dimension | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #494 | Superman meets Kismet and reviews his life so far and some possible futures; Superman returns to Earth | 0 |
| Action Comics #681 | Hellgrammite attacks Dr. Faulkner in S.T.A.R. Labs while Lois Lane is taking a tour of the facility; Superman, with Dr. Faulkner as Rampage, captures Hellgrammite | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #16, Superman (second series) #72: "Crisis at Hand" storyline, featuring domestic violence; cover-dated October 1992 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #16 | when Clark's neighbor Andrea Johnson is being abused by her husband Gary, the wife refuses the help of Lois and Clark, leading to their agonizing; in a story reminiscent of late-1930s or early-1940s Superman stories, Clark recounts dealing over 7 years ago with a previous abusive husband as Superman | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #72 | Clark continues recounting to Lois the story of the past domestic abuse situation, ending in the abused wife being murdered by her husband; Andrea calls for help from a shelter, and Gary accepts, in conversation with Superman, that he also needs help too; Brad Vancata inks | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #495 | Superman helps The Forever People after Granny Goodness has Beautiful Dreamer's child Maya kidnapped and taken to Apokolips to become a replacement for Big Barda | 0 |
| Action Comics #682 | Superman battles Hi-Tech (who first appears here); Dusty Abell pencils; Terry Austin inks | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #17, Superman (second series) #73, Adventures of Superman #496, Action Comics #683: features a one-page epilogue featuring Doomsday slowly breaking free through pounding; cover-dated November 1992 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #17 | Superman saves Keith, who is captured by Underworlders now being led by the Warworlders and who are stealing guns to prepare to assault Metropolis | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #73 | Waverider takes Superman to Vanishing Point (the headquarters of the Linear Men), where Waverider sees an alternate future Matt Ryder is even more important to maintaining the time stream; Waverider joins the Linear Men, who are searching for him, and Superman is sent back home | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #496 | Superman wakes to a world altered by Mr. Mxyzptlk, who has learned how to lie from Luthor; Jerry Ordway and Dennis Janke writing; Dennis Janke pencils | 0 |
| Action Comics #683 | Superman tracks down a vigilante named Jackal in Capital City | 0 |
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2. The Death of Superman
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| Superman: The Man of Steel #18, Superman (second series) #74, Adventures of Superman #497, Action Comics #684, Superman: The Man of Steel #19, Superman (second series) #75: "Doomsday: The Death of Superman" storyline |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #18 | as Doomsday breaks free, the Underworlders and Warworld evacuees attack Metropolis | 0 |
| Justice League America #69, in which Doomsday trashes the Justice League in Ohio while Superman is interviewed on TV, occurs here |
| Superman (second series) #74 | Superman pursues Doomsday, who trashes the Justice League | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #497 | Doomsday rampages through New York state; Lois Lane and WGBS begin covering Doomsday's rampage; Luthor persuades Supergirl not to help | 0 |
| Action Comics #684 | Doomsday trashes a Lex-mart store, then heads to Metropolis; Superman and the Guardian fight Doomsday, damaging Habitat and Cadmus | 0 |
| Action Comics #685-686, Adventures of Superman #498-500, Superman (second series) #75-77, and Superman: The Man of Steel #19-21: no creator data entered |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #19 | Doomsday passes through the Underworlders and Newtown into Metropolis, downs Supergirl; the S.C.U. can't affect him; the Kents watch on TV; cover-dated January 1993 | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #75 | as Doomsday heads downtown, Superman tells Lois he'll always love her, then battles Doomsday at the Daily Planet building, where Superman and Doomsday kill each other; told entirely in splash pages; cover-dated January 1993 | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #75 [collector's edition] | grey cover; published in a black bag with the Superman logo; contains a black armband to show mourning | 0 |
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| The Death of Superman | collects Action Comics #684, Adventures of Superman #497,
Justice League America #69, Superman (second series) #74-75, and Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19, plus the one-page epilogues featuring Doomsday from Action Comics #683, Adventures of Superman #496, Superman (second series) #73, and Superman: The Man of Steel #17; published very shortly after Superman (second series) #75
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| Justice League America #70 (featuring the immediate aftermath of Superman's death and cover-dated January 1993) occurs here |
| Adventures of Superman #498, Action Comics #685, Superman: The Man of Steel #20, Superman (second series) #76, Adventures of Superman #499, Action Comics #686, Superman: The Man of Steel #21, and Superman (second series) #77: "Funeral for a Friend" storyline |
| Adventures of Superman #498 | Dubbilex finds no mental activity in Doomsday; Supergirl recovers; Cadmus takes Doomsday; attempts to revive Superman fail; cover-dated January 1993 | 0 |
| Action Comics #685 | Dr. Sanchez declares Superman dead; Team Luthor and Guardian stop Westfield taking Superman; Luthor pledges to build a memorial; Supergirl begins filling in for Superman; Lana calls the Kents; cover-dated January 1993 | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #20 | the
JLA keeps order during Superman's funeral; Lois calls the Kents | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #76 | the
JLA fills in for Superman's Christmas Metropolis Mailbag; Lana, Lois, and the Kents agree to keep Clark's identity secret; Cadmus secretly steals Superman from his tomb | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #499 | Supergirl and Turpin investigate tunnel under tomb, and fight Underworlders; Jose becomes Gangbuster again | 0 |
| Action Comics #686 | Luthor wonders if Superman is alive; Guardian and Dubbilex find Westfield has Superman; Westfield suggests cloning Superman; in the tunnels again Supergirl, Luthor, and Turpin survive a charge planted by Cadmus; Lana leaves Metropolis | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel #21 | Lois hearing underground flooding is happening investigates; the Underworlders are flooded; Lois breaks into Cadmus and sees Superman; Lois writes story saying tomb is empty; Jonathan Kent collapses in Smallville; cover-dated March 1993 | 0 |
| Superman (second series) #77 | regular titles conclude publication; Lois tells Luthor Cadmus has Superman; Lois and Supergirl retrieve Superman; Luthor has Sasha Green attacked; Pa Kent dreams of Clark and flatlines; Jimmy provides Newstime with photos of Superman; Luthor gloats that Superman is dead; cover-dated March 1993 | 0 |
| Superman: The Legacy of Superman #1 | contains the first appearance of Auron; no data entered | 0 |
| Supergirl and Team Luthor #1 | no data entered | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #500 | regular titles resume publication; features
- a long main story (Pa Kent is revived and says Clark is alive, after seeing Kismet and helping rescue Clark's spirit; Gangbuster fights crime; Lois returns from seeing Pa Kent and sees a red blurred figure flying; sightings of someone like Superman are reported; Lois and Henderson find Superman's tomb empty again) and
- four short stories introducing the four new Supermen by their creative teams;
cover-dated early June 1993 | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman #500 [collector's edition] | features a hologram on the cover | 0 |
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| World Without a Superman | collects issues including Superman (second series) #76
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ANNUALS
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| Superman Annual (second series) #3, Action Comics Annual #3, Adventures of Superman Annual #3: participates in the (rather good) Armageddon 2001 crossover running through DC's 1991 annuals, in which Waverider touches DC characters and sees possible futures; no creator data entered; cover-dated 1991 |
| Superman Annual (second series) #3 | Superman, out of control, battles Batman and the Justice League, accidentally killing | 0 |
| Action Comics Annual #3 | Superman runs for U.S. President, having been born on U.S. soil, and wins | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman Annual #3 | after Lois dies, Superman marries Maxima | 0 |
| Action Comics Annual #4, Adventures of Superman Annual #4, Superman Annual (second series) #4, Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1: participates in the Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover running through DC's 1992 annuals; no creator data entered; cover-dated 1992 |
| Action Comics Annual #4 | | 0 |
| Adventures of Superman Annual #4 | | 0 |
| Superman Annual (second series) #4 | | 0 |
| Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1 | | 0 |
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SPECIALS
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| Superman for Earth | Clark and Lois consider environmentalism; no creative data entered; published in 1991
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| Superman Special #1 | in the main story, entirely by Walter Simonson, Superman battles a version of himself made of sand and most of Luthor's supply of Kryptonite is eliminated; also includes pin-ups by Barry Windsor-Smith,
Frank Miller, Curt Swan and Art Thibert, Michael Golden, Jon J. Muth, Todd McFarlane, and Geof Darrow; published in 1992 | 0 |