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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published August 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Andrew Helfer; Michael Carlin
Notes Cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249. Issue is dedicated to the memory of Edmund Hamilton.

Cover Details - "Superman Versus the Legion of Super-Heroes!"

Characters Superman; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Sun Boy]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Notes Cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #249. Issue is dedicated to the memory of Edmund Hamilton.
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

21 page Superman story "Future Shock!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Cosmic Boy [as Bob Cobb] (flashback); Invisible Kid II [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lad (flashback); Mon-El (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Sun Boy; Ultra Boy (flashback)]; Night Girl (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (Pocket Universe); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross (Pocket Universe; flashback); Police Chief Parker (Pocket Universe; flashback); VILLAINS: Time Trapper (flashback); Fatal Five (flashback); Legion of Super-Villains (flashback)
Synopsis The Legion meets a Superman who never lived life as Superboy.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Karl Kesel
Colors Tom Ziuko
Letters John Costanza
Notes First pocket universe. Story continued from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (DC, 1984 series) #37 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #591. The 4 members of the Legion correspond to the Fantastic Four: Sun Boy (Human Torch), Blok (Thing), Invisible Kid (Invisible Girl), and Brainiac 5 (Mr. Fantastic).
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

3 page Superman letters page "Superman"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Mrs. Ann C.H. Brachwitz, Dale Coe, Michael K. Willis, Shaun P. Barry, Mark Delaney, Vaughn Guild, Dave Berkebile and Danny DeAngelo.

1 page Meanwhile... text article "Meanwhile... [E. Nelson Bridwell 1931-1987]"

Script Dick Giordano
Letters typeset
Notes Obituary for E. Nelson Bridwell, who passed away on January 23, 1987.