CATALOG RECORD

The Man of Steel #1

DC · Series began 1986 · [October] 1986

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Kelex (DC) — introduction
Emmett Vale (DC) — first appearance, in the shadows, no name given
Kelor (from Superman, DC) — post-crisis introduction

Dates

Cover date: [October] 1986
On sale: June 17, 1986
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Standard Cover - Direct
This edition’s page
Special Collector's Edition Cover
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Standard Cover - Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893177301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

Barcode 0709893177301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrneinks: John Byrne

Reprinted in

The Man of Steel (1987), The Man of Steel [So Much Fun] (1987), Superman: The Man of Steel (1988), The Man of Steel Silver Edition (1993), Millennium Edition: The Man of Steel 1 (2000), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2004), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020), Superboy's Legion Giant Super Special (2004), Superman: The Man of Steel [Best Buy Edition] (2006), Superman: The World of Krypton (2008)