| Issue | #1 |
| Published | October 1986 |
| Cover Price | 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Andrew Helfer |
| Notes | This comic contains no ads. The regular cover has Krypton exploding. |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Krypton |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | John Byrne (signed) |
| Inks | John Byrne (signed) |
| Notes | This comic contains no ads. The regular cover has Krypton exploding. |
| Reprinted | in Supermán (Grupo Editorial Vid, S.A. de C.V., 1986 series) #1 (Noviembre 1986) [in Spanish]; in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988). |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | John Byrne (signed) |
| Inks | John Byrne (signed) |
| Notes | Cover has a close-up of Clark opening his shirt. |
| Reprinted | in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman Special (JuniorPress BV, 1987 series) #1 [in Dutch]; in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988); in Millennium Edition: The Man Of Steel 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (February 2000) |
| Script | Dick Giordano |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Dick Giordano discusses the new direction for Superman. |
| Characters | Jor-El (post-Crisis intro); Lara (post-Crisis intro); Kelex (intro); Kelor; Kal-El (as baby, post-Crisis intro) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Tom Ziuko |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988) [minus credits, with added page numbers]; in Millennium Edition: The Man Of Steel 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (February 2000) [minus credits, with added page numbers]; in Superman: The World of Krypton (DC, 2008 series) #nn ([May] 2008) [minus credits]. |
| Characters | Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent (post-Crisis intro); Martha Kent (post-Crisis intro); Lana Lang (post-Crisis intro) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Tom Ziuko |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988); in Millennium Edition: The Man Of Steel 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (February 2000). |
| Characters | Clark Kent [Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane (post-Crisis intro) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Tom Ziuko |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988); in Millennium Edition: The Man Of Steel 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (February 2000). |
| Characters | Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent |
| 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Colors | Tom Ziuko |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Man of Steel, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn (1987); in Superman: The Man of Steel (Ballantine Books, 1988 series) #nn (February 1988); in Millennium Edition: The Man Of Steel 1 (DC, 2000 series) #nn (February 2000). |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | John Byrne |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | John Byrne talks about his introduction to Superman. |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | John Byrne |
| Notes | Displays black and white versions of all six covers for this series, minus the cover text. Sequence added by Allen Ross on 2008-06-10. |