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Issue Details

Issue #77
Published March 1993
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #10.

Cover Details - "Funeral for a Friend/8: The End"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors Ruben Rude (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes 1993 Triangle #10.

22 page Superman story "The End [Funeral for a Friend, Part 8]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Matrix]; Sasha Green (first appearance; death); Wanda; The Hairies; Yango; Mr. Washington; Gene; Paul Westfield; Collin Thornton [Satanus] (villain); Lex Luthor (villain); Doomsday (villain; photos)
Synopsis Jonathan Kent has a heart attack and is worked on in the ER. Lois Lane, the Hairies, and Supergirl reclaim Superman's body from Cadmus. Lex Luthor kills Sasha.
Genre Superhero
Script Dan Jurgens
Pencils Dan Jurgens (layouts); Brett Breeding (finishes)
Inks Brett Breeding
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters John Costanza
Notes Story continued from SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #21 and story continues in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #500.
Reprinted in Superman: World without a Superman (DC, 1993 series) #nn

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

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

2 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page "Metropolis Mailbag"

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Mark Talbot, Joe Torcivia, Barbara Henenberg, Joey Marchese, Kent Kilveira and Robert Hallaman, Jr. - and responses from Jennifer Frank.