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Adventures of Superman #554

DC · Series began 1987 · January 1998

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Dates

Cover date: January 1998
On sale: November 19, 1997
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

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Direct Sales

Barcode 76194120003355411
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

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Barcode 07098931140401
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Creators

pencils: Tom Grummett, Denis Rodier, Scott Koblishinks: Denis Rodier, Scott Koblishcolors: Patrick Martin, Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleonletters: Todd Klein, Albert DeGuzmanscript: Karl Kesel, Mike McAvennie

Stories

Children and Monsters! · 22 pages
Superman Blue meets Luthor's daughter Lena, and Luthor gets in a zinger about Superman Blue being able to have children. The mayor of Metropolis brings in Burton "Hunter" Thompson to hunt the Ripper monster. The Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, along with Thompson and Superman hunt down the Ripper, who turns out to be intelligent, but Thompson kills it before more can be learned. It is revealed that Thompson is behind the creation of the Ripper and he has other monsters.