Synergy - Written by Louise Simonson. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
Simyan and Mokkari have been creating monsters in the black-and-white dimension, so when Ashbury, Scorn and Jimmy enter it, they're in for the shock of their lives! And Ashbury gets a gift she'll remember for the rest of her life. Ah, but what about Superman, you ask? He's got his hands full protecting the new mayor of Metropolis from Mokkari's monsters! (Try saying that with a mouthful of peanut butter!)
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
Triangles - Written by Louise Simonson. Art by Paul Ryan & Dennis Janke. Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
Bad things come in threes, have you noticed? Everything sinister that happens to Superman in Metropolis seems to have the unlucky number "3" attached! Our supporting cast members are all caught in emotional triangles of their own making! The only thing that doesn't come in a 3-pack is Superman -- there's only two of him! 32 pages, full color. (Note: This issue's cover connects to the cover of Action Comics (1938 DC) #742.)
Cover price $1.95.
Earth Changes - Written by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove. Art by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke. Cover by Ron Frenz, Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke.
The beginning of the 9-part MILLENNIUM GIANTS, featuring inter-connecting covers and a storyline that affects the Superman titles, AQUAMAN, CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN, SUPERGIRL, STEEL and TEEN TITANS! They're as old as the Earth itself and at least two city-stomping-monsters tall! The Millennium Giants have come to cleanse and renew the world...by destroying everything on it! Two Supermen go up against this truly enormous menace, but do even they have enough power? 32 pages, full color. (Note: MILLENNIUM GIANTS continues this week in Aquaman (1994 3rd Series) #43 and Challengers of the Unknown (1997 DC 3rd Series) #15.)
Cover price $1.95.
End of the World! - Written by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
A special gatefold back cover highlights this issue, where Superman Red and Superman Blue snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the battle with the Millennium Giants! Though the Giants have seemingly fallen, the heroes of the DC Universe soon realize that a force of nature cannot truly be defeated...and that the Earth may pay the price for their victory. 32 pages, full color. (Note: The final fate of the Millennium Giants is revealed in this month's Superman (1987 2nd Series) #135.)
Cover price $1.95.
Written by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
Part 1 of 3. A genius in intellect! A Hercules in strength! A nemesis to wrong-doers! He can leap an eighth of a mile -- and nothing less than an exploding shell can penetrate his skin! He's Superman, the great new character find of...1938? How has the Man of Steel found his way back to his "origin"? Have we restored his costume only to restore him to the Golden Age from which he sprang?
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
Written by Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
The Man of Steel's "Golden Age" adventures continue in Part 2 of a 3-part story! The world of 1938 has a champion -- the 1/8-of-a-mile leaping, shells-exploding-on-his-chest Superman? He's in the Warsaw Ghetto, fighting the fascism that heralds the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II! Are even Superman's powers enough against a world gone mad?
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
Superman is mistaken for a golem by Jews trapped with Lois Lane on a train destined for a Nazi concentration camp. Ordinary Nazi "supermen" are no match for America's man of steel, but then comes another far more powerful force, one that can literally twist time in ways beyond even Superman's control.
Co-plotted by Jon Bogdanove and Louise Simonson with text and art by Bogdanove and inks by Dennis Janke.
Cover price $1.95.
Shattered Illusions - Written by Louise Simonson. Art by Scot Eaton & Dennis Janke. Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
If Dominus is the master of reality (and he is), and can shape and reshape the entire universe to his own ends (which he can), what can he possibly want from Superman? (Good question.) How can even Superman stop Dominus from attaining the one power Dominus needs to dominate all things?
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.
CITY OF THE FUTURE: Part 2 of 4. The City Within - Written by Ron Marz. Art by Tom Grindberg & Tom Palmer. Cover by Paul Rivoche.
Continued from Action Comics (1938 DC) #749; continues in Superman (1987 2nd Series) #140. Superman and Ashbury accompany Scorn as he enters the bottle-city of Kandor for a family reunion with his sister and his father, the Kandorian Regent! Kandor's politics are, as always, in disarray, but a savior has stepped forward -- one who believes he can enlarge the city and liberate the population! But is he too good to be true?
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.
Creative Differences - Written by Jon Bogdanove. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
It's a maniacal monster party when Simyan and Mokkari -- two of Darkseid's most diabolical minions -- are hired by Morgan Edge! His plan: To have the duo create a creature factory in the WGBS sub-basement...a factory that Edge hopes will create a rival for Superman!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.
Creative Differences - Written by Jon Bogdanove. Art and Cover by Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke.
It's a maniacal monster party when Simyan and Mokkari -- two of Darkseid's most diabolical minions -- are hired by Morgan Edge! His plan: To have the duo create a creature factory in the WGBS sub-basement...a factory that Edge hopes will create a rival for Superman!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.
The Iron Hand of Kindness - Written by Mark Schultz. Art and Cover by Doug Mahnke & Dennis Janke.
Superman says a last goodbye to his life as Clark Kent. Superman joins Lois and Ma and Pa Kent on the family farm in Smallville for a final family dinner before he closes the book on his Clark Kent identity. Abandoning a personal life he feels is simply too selfish to maintain, the Man of Steel attempts to get the rest of "Team Superman" -- guest stars Steel, Superboy and Supergirl -- to join him in his 24/7 vigil.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.
A Girl and Her Robot - Written by Mark Schultz. Art by Mike Collins & Tom Nguyen. Cover by Doug Mahnke & Tom Nguyen.
Superman assigned one of his robots to the sole purpose of protecting Lois Lane. Its prime directive: To take care of her and never leave her side. But when Superman decides to deactivate the robot, he discovers that he built this particular robot a little too well, and it's not going to give up its responsibilities without a fight!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY JOHN ROZUM AND MARK SCHULTZ. ART BY CHARLIE ADLARD, DOUG MAHNKE AND TOM NGUYEN. COVER BY MAHNKE AND NGUYEN.
A sequence written by Mark Schultz ? with art by Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen ? frames the oddest Superman story of the year! Over the course of his career, Superman has managed to trail, trace and track down countless fearsome foes and bring them to justice. But this story is about a guy who thinks the Man of Steel is after him and is sure that Superman is ruining his life at every turn! Is the hapless con imagining things? Or is our hero truly his "Nemesis"?
FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.
The BLOODLINES Summer Annual crossover event continues from Lobo (1993) Annual #1.
In "Cutting Edge," a gigantic otherworldly shape hurtles toward the Earth and the new Man of Steel (John Henry Irons) is the first hero to encounter the insatiable extraterrestrial parasites that erupt from within. As monstrous in their grotesque proportions as in their inhuman fury, the seven parasites embark on their mysterious campaign of slaughter and terror. Tom O'Brien somehow lives through the parasites' deadly onslaught...only to find his body has strangely transformed into Edge, whose very flesh is a deadly weapon. The BLOODLINES saga continues in Batman Shadow of the Bat Annual (1993) #1.
Written by Louise Simonson, with art by Eddy Newell and Mike Barreiro. Cover by Christian Alamy.
68 pages. Cover price $2.50.
Legends of the Dead Earth. Earth is Dead. Those who once might have called it home are long scattered to the endless stars. But in that scattering, on a thousand different worlds, by a thousand different ways...Earth's greatest legends live on. The legend of Superman inspires a rebellion against an oppressive empire in "The Neverending Battle," a 38-page tale.
Script by Kurt Busiek, layouts by Paul Ryan, finishes by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Jerry Ordway.
Cover price $2.95.
Pin-ups by: Bruce Timm, Dave Taylor, Mike Zeck, Tom Grummett & Brett Breeding, Mike Allred, Sergio Cariello (Superman, Supergirl and Superboy), Michael Golden, Matt Haley & Tom Simmons, Gil Kane, Howard Cruse, Tom Morgan, Rick Parker, Alan Davis & Mark Farmer, Dusty Abell & Art Thibert, Rodolfo Damaggio & Robert Campanella, Paul Pelletier & John Dell, Jon Bogdanove & Dennis Janke, Ted McKeever, Al Plastino, Dave Gibbons, Steve Purcell, Mart Nodell (Superman and Alan Scott), Bill Sienkiewicz, Adam Hughes (Superman and Wonder Woman), Alex Toth, Colleen Doran, Stuart Immonen & Klaus Janson, Ken Steacy, Curt Swan & Joe Sinnott, Dan Jurgens & Terry Austin, John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer. Inside back cover by Al Jaffee. Wraparound cover by Kevin Nowlan. Cover price $3.50.
The early, paranoia-inducing signs of the Hourman Virus begin to appear all over 20th century Earth, as the time-traveling 853rd century Superman and the rest of Justice Legion A are hunted as villains. Chief among their pursuers: the Metal Men, who don't take kindly to any outside interference. As the chase intensifies, Vandal Savage sits back and savors the world-wide paranoia.
Written by Karl Kesel and Jerry Ordway. Art by Anthony Williams and Dennis Janke. Cover by Gene Ha.
FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format.
NOTE: The DC One Million series consists of 31 issues including a 4-issue mini-series and 27 one-shots. Cover price $1.99.
Superman has a fruitful encounter with Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza, the new CEO of Lexcorp, while Lex Luthor gets a new lease on life in "Past, Present & Future!"
Written by Roger Stern. Art & cover by Tom Grummett & Brett Breeding.
Cover price $1.95.
Cover pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Brett Breeding. Who Do You Love?, script by Roger Stern, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Brett Breeding
Superman Red and Superman Blue face trouble with Lois; Obsession and Maxima fight over Superman.
36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Brett Breeding. Anomaly, script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Dennis Janke
dinosaurs and spaceships descend on Metropolis, spurring Superman into action.
36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY LOUISE SIMONSON. ART AND COVER BY PAUL RYAN AND DENNIS JANKE.
It's the return of Riot, the super-villain who can multiply himself over and over again (he's his own fan club)! In this special issue, Superman puts an end to the villain's career...permanently!
FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.
Cover pencils by Tom Grummett, inks by Brett Breeding. Pawns, script by Roger Stern, pencils by Tom Grummett, inks by Brett Breeding
Superman tries to track down Lex Luthor; Lex gets his revenge on Dr. Freeman by trapping him with the Parasite.
36 pgs. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
