WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Superman (of 2999; Klar Ken 5477) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- June 1998
- On sale
- April 1, 1998
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition$5.95 cover
Lenticular Cover - Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931001806
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$4.95 cover
Standard Cover - Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07099230874306
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Superman Forever · 78 pages
Paralleling his origin story, Superman crashes to Earth and is found by the Kents after defeating the Millennium Giants. When he wakes up, he shows his parents that he has his original powers back and puts on the classic Superman costume. Afterwards, Lex Luthor discovers his daughter has been kidnapped. After investigating the Toyman and Intergang, Superman finds that Bizarro has Lena and intends to send her to another world to be raised, just as Superman's parents did. Superman saves Lena and returns her to her father, and the readers learn the masterminds behind Bizarro's kidnapping of Lena.
- Epilogue 1 · 2 pages
The Polyester Age Superman overhears Jimmy using his newly invented wireless microphone.
- Epilogue 2 · 2 pages
The Golden Age Superman saves a train from a saboteur.
- Epilogue 3 · 2 pages
Jimmy summons the Silver Age Superman with his signal watch.
- Epilogue 4 · 2 pages
On April 1, 2999, Superman XIX secretly protects reporter Lyra 3916 from the Night Raiders.