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Cover of The Man of Steel #6
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CATALOG RECORD

The Man of Steel #6

DC · Series began 1986 · [December] 1986

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Helen Lang (DC, Lana Lang's aunt) — first appearance, death in flashback

Dates

Cover date
[December] 1986
On sale
September 2, 1986
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #6 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 0709893177306 · shared with another edition

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

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893177306 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrne, George Pérezinks: John Byrne, Dick Giordano, George Pérez, Bruce Pattersonscript: John Byrne, George Pérezcolors: Tom Ziuko, Tatjana Woodletters: John Costanzaediting: Karen Berger

Stories

  • The Haunting · 22 pages

    On a trip home to Smallville, Superman discovers the spaceship that brought him to Earth is missing. But at the same time he triggers a computer program that reveals to him his Kryptonian heritage and places all of Krypton's knowledge in his mind. He also discovers what revealing his powers to Lana years ago did to her and decides he wants to actively pursue a life with Lois.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanLois LaneJonathan KentMartha KentLana LangJor-ElLaraHelen Lang

Reprinted in

The Man of Steel (1987), Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes (1990), The Man of Steel Silver Edition (1993), Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)

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Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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