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CATALOG RECORD

The Man of Steel #2

DC · Series began 1986 · [October] 1986

Dates

Cover date
[October] 1986
On sale
July 1, 1986
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition75¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition75¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0709893177302

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 070983177302

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrneinks: John Byrne, Dick Giordanoscript: John Byrne, Dick Giordanocolors: Tom Ziukoletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • The Story of the Century! · 22 pages

    Superman meets Lois and Clark gets a job at the Daily Planet.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LaneJimmy OlsenLex LuthorPerry White

Reprinted in

The Man of Steel (1987), The Man of Steel Silver Edition (1993), Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman (1994), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years (2013), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.