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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published April 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Spectre; Doctor Fate [Kent Nelson]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Huntress [Helena Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed); Wayne Boring (image in crystal ball) (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)
Notes Image in crystal ball is reprinted from page 19 of main story.

22 page Superman story "The Secret Origin of the Golden-Age Superman"

Characters Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]; Jor-L; Lara Jor-L; John Kent; Mary Kent; George Taylor; Lois Lane
Synopsis Rocketed to Earth-Two from the exploding planet Krypton, Kal-L grows up to become Superman. He makes his public debut in 1938, trying to prevent the execution of an innocent woman.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Jerry Ordway
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters David Cody Weiss
Notes Retelling of the stories in Action Comics #1 and Superman #1.

1 page Superman illustration "Superman"

Characters Superman [Kal-L; Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Joe Shuster (layout); Paul Cassidy (prelim sketches); John Dikela (Superman's heads only)
Inks Eddie Dobrotka; John Dikela (Superman's heads only); Lee Nowack (line work inside figures)
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Previously unpublished artwork. Wayne Boring provided information as to who did what.

2 page Secret Origins letters page

Synopsis Letters page explains why series was created post-Crisis. Roy Thomas goes into details how odd numbered issues would cover Golden Age origins, while the even numbered ones would follow the more silver/modern age origins. Gives brief history behind Golden Age Superman, and the writers and artists associated with him, including this issue's artist Wayne Boring.
Letters typeset
Notes Last Wayne Boring artwork before his passing.