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Issue Details

Issue #480
Published July 1991
Cover Price 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Mike Carlin; Dan Thorsland (assistant)
Notes 1991 Triangle #21.

Cover Details - "Last Son of Krypton"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Eradicator
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway (signed)
Inks Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors Jerry Ordway (signed)
Notes 1991 Triangle #21.

38 page Superman story "Dying Breed"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Perry White; Alice White; Sam Foswell; Professor Emil Hamilton; Lucy Lane; Ella Lane; Ron Troupe (first appearance); Cat Grant; Adam Monroe; Jose Delgado; Murray; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Dubbilex (cameo); VILLAINS: Eradicator; Vinnie Edge; Elvis Lopez; the Dukes (Elvis Lopez' gang)
Synopsis The Eradicator tries to kill Superman by throwing him into the sun.
Genre Superhero
Script Jerry Ordway
Pencils Tom Grummett (layouts, pages 1-5, 13); Denis Rodier (finishes, pages 1-5, 13); Curt Swan (pages 6-7, 11-12, 20); Jon Bogdanove (pages 8-10, 18-19); Jim Mooney (pages 14-15, 31, 36-37); Art Thibert (pages 16-17, 34-35, 38); Bob McLeod (pages 21-24, 32-33); Dan Jurgens (layouts, pages 25-30); Brett Breeding (finishes, pages 25-30)
Inks Denis Rodier (pages 1-5, 13, 21-24, 32-33); Jerry Ordway pages 6-7, 11-12, 14-15, 20, 31, 36-37); Dennis Janke (pages 8-10, 18-19); Art Thibert (pages 16-17, 34-35, 38); Brett Breeding (pages 25-30)
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #57 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #667.

2 page Kryptograms letters page "Kryptograms"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Peter T. Chattaway, Jody Wayde Hamby, Jacob Gilbert, Charlie Harris, Joe Kucharski, Shawn Schmitt, Joe Frank and Stewart St. John.