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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published November 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.25
Pages 48
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Special Crisis Cross-over

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Earth-1]; Superboy [Earth-Prime]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Eduardo Barreto
Inks Eduardo Barreto
Notes Special Crisis Cross-over

24 page Superman and Superboy story "Year of the Comet"

Characters Superman [Earth-1]; Superboy [Earth-Prime] (intro, origin); Superman Revenge Squad (villains); Laurie Lemmon; Jerry Kent; Naomi Kent
Synopsis Superman is tossed over into Earth-Prime by the Superman Revenge Squad. He meets his younger counterpart on this world, who has just recently acquired his powers, and Superman later returns to Earth-1 just before the Crisis hits Earth-Prime (off-panel).
Genre Superhero
Script Elliot Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Al Williamson
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ed King
Notes Crisis Cross-Over. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Continued in both Superman 414 and Crisis 10.

16 page Superboy story "The Origin of Superboy-Prime!"

Characters Superboy [Earth-Prime] (origin); Krypton; Jor-El; Lara; Concilor Durkin; Councilor Marya; Grundoon; Jerry Kent; Naomi Kent; Laurie Lemmon; Superman [Earth-1] (cameo)
Genre superhero
Script Elliot Maggin
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Al Williamson
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ed King
Notes Crisis tie-in. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.