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Issue: The Man of Steel #1
Publication Date: October 1986
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues (19 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Special Collector's Edition Cover
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/17/1986
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #29. Metallic silver ink logo.
This comic contains no ads. This edition was only available through the direct market.
Said to be the first Variant Cover ever.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In7
reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSuperman Special #1 published January 1987in Dutch
In Issue: FlagStålmannen #1-2/1987 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #1/1987 published January 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDer Neue Superman Handbuch #1 published January 1987
as Alles über den neuen Superman - in diesem Band! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Man of Steel #[nn] [First Printing] published February 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Man of Steel #35093 published February 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: The Man of Steel 1 #[nn] published February 2000
as The Legend Begins! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This cover has a close-up of Clark opening his shirt and was only available at direct-sales outlets.
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The Man of Steel

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dick Giordano discusses the new direction for Superman.
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Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kelor
First Line: Welcome home, my lord.
Synopsis: Lara and Jor-El discuss their unborn son, and how Jor-El intends to protect him. As Krypton begins its final eruptions, Jor-El sends Kal-El to Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-2725
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Chapter One: The Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rusty
First Line: ... and this Smallville crowd is going absolutely wild...
Synopsis: Clark Kent is now a star football player, helped by additional strength. But his foster father reveals that he is adopted and is an alien from another planet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Chapter Two: The Exposure

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Calahan
First Line: Good morning, honey.
Synopsis: After helping out secretly for years, Clark Kent is forced into doing his first public super-deed, saving the space-plane Constitution. In doing so, he has his first meeting with Lois Lane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Epilogue: The Super-Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Well, Ma, how's it coming?
Synopsis: The Kents design and make a costume for Clark, and come up with a way for him to look different in both identities as he adopts his Superman identity.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Superman: A Personal View

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-2472
Disclose Notes: John Byrne talks about his introduction to Superman.
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Coming Every Two Weeks!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover. Displays black and white versions of all six covers for this series, minus the cover text.

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