Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1987
Cover Price	0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Andrew Helfer

Cover Details - "It's Your First Issue, Superman -- And It Could Be Your Last!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Metallo
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Byrne (signed)
Inks	John Byrne (signed)
Reprinted	in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2

23 page Superman story "Heart of Stone"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; VILLAINS: Metallo (origin; first post-crisis appearance); Lex Luthor; Pearl
Synopsis	Metallo is badly beating Superman... and then he mysteriously disappears.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Byrne
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Terry Austin
Colors	Tom Ziuko
Letters	John Costanza
Reprinted	in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #2

1 page Superman text article "Superman"

Genre	Superhero
Script	John Byrne
Letters	typeset
Notes	John Byrne talks about THE MAN OF STEEL mini-series, about SUPERMAN #1, and about concerns he is "Marvelizing" Superman.

Superman insert or dust jacket "Rarer Than Kryptonite!"

Characters	Superman
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	John Byrne
Notes	Postcard to be used to enter a contest to win THE MAN OF STEEL trade paperback. Insert not included in page count.