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Issue Details

Issue #501 [DM]
Published Late June 1993
Cover Price 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #15. This is the direct market edition die-cut cover.

Cover Details - "Reign of the Supermen! The Metropolis Kid is Back"

Characters Superboy [as Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett (signed)
Inks Doug Hazlewood (signed)
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Notes 1993 Triangle #15. This is the direct market edition die-cut cover.

22 page Superboy; Superman story "The Adventures of Superman ... When He Was a Boy! [Reign of the Supermen, Part 4]"

Characters Superboy [as Superman]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Bibbo Bibbowski; Krypton (dog; first appearance); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Allie; Cat Grant; Tana Moon (first appearance); Guardian [Jim Harper]; Gordon; Briscoe; Lex Luthor (villain); Vinnie Edge (villain); Steel Hand (villain); Carl Packard (villain)
Synopsis Superboy introduces himself to Metropolis.
Genre Superhero
Script Karl Kesel
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Doug Hazlewood
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #78 and story continues in ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #688.

2 page Superboy illustration "Superboy!"

Characters Superboy
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett (signed)
Inks Doug Hazlewood (signed)
Notes Poster is in middle of comic book.

2 page Kryptograms letters page "Kryptograms"

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - William Duncan, Johnny Graybeal and Jon E. Hechtman - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

1 page Superboy; Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Cover - Adventures of Superman #502"

Characters Superboy; Supergirl [Matrix]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett (signed)
Inks Doug Hazlewood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This promo is on the inside back cover, is in black and white and is only in the direct edition.

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Reign of the Supermen!"

Characters Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jackson Guice; Jon Bogdanove; Dan Jurgens
Inks Jackson Guice; Dennis Janke; Brett Breeding
Colors Glenn Whitmore; Dennis Janke
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover promotion of the other 3 "Reign of the Supermen!" issues for June 1993, featuring the interior portion of the die-cut direct edition covers for ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #687 [DM], SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #22 [DM] and SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #78 [DM].