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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published March 1993
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #9.

Cover Details - "Funeral for a Friend/7"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors Dennis Janke
Notes 1993 Triangle #9.

22 page Superman story "Ghosts [Funeral for a Friend, Part 7]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (flashback; dream); Lois Lane; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Newsboy Legion II [Big Words [Anthony Rodrigues] (clone); Flip [Walter Johnson] (clone); Gabby [John Gabrielli] (clone); Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire] (clone); Tommy [Thomas Thompkins] (clone)]; Dubbilex; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Charlie Dawson; Underworlders [Grub; Neep; Teletype; Bubble-Up; Stretch; Sponge; Hot House]; Ed; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Superman Cult
Synopsis Lois, with the help of the Newsboy Legion and the Underworlders, breaks into Cadmus to search for Superman's body. Jonathan has a heart attack.
Genre Superhero
Script Louise Simonson
Pencils Jon Bogdanove
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes Story continued from ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #686 and story continues in SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #77.

1 page DC Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Universe [R.I.P. Superman]"

Letters typeset
Notes DC spotlight on the Death of Superman, the Darkstars series and creative team changes on Wonder Woman and Hawkworld.

2 page Superman the Man of Steel letters page "Superman the Man of Steel"

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Mark Lucas, David Scott, Steve Sanchez, Kashif Husain, Jamie Ewing, Joe Kucharski III, The Great Buck, Kenneth Livengood, Keith Cooper, Jim Jackson and Carl Pietrantonio - and responses from Jennifer Frank.