Issue Details

Issue	#56
Published	May 1996
Cover Price	1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	KC Carlson; Mike McAvennie (assistant)
Notes	1996 Triangle #19.

Cover Details - "Mxyzptlk's Back... and He's in the Money!"

Characters	Mr. Mxyzptlk
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks	Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors	Patrick Martin
Notes	1996 Triangle #19.

22 page Superman story "And the Name's Mister Mxyzptlk!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Ron Troupe; Bibbo Bibbowski; Hunya "Killer" Adams; Mick Cardoni; Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes; cameo); Mr. Mxyzptlk (villain)
Synopsis	Mr. Mxyzptlk does his best to get Lois and Clark back together again.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Louise Simonson
Pencils	Jon Bogdanove
Inks	Dennis Janke
Colors	Glenn Whitmore; Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters	Ken Lopez

1 page Comics Buyer's Guide text story "Comics Buyer's Guide 1996 Fan Awards"

Letters

typeset

1 page Watch This Space promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch This Space [Watch Out]"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Partial checklist of DC Comics dated May 1996. Miscellaneous news items.

1 page Tempered Steel letters page "Tempered Steel"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Cyborg [Hank Henshaw]
Script	Mike McAvennie
Pencils	Jon Bogdanove
Inks	Dennis Janke
Colors	Marjorie Strauss [as Marjorie Straus]; Android Images (separations)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Ronald D. Held, Gary Collins, Joe Frank, Chris Hines and E. J. Viveiros - and responses from Mike McAvennie.
Reprinted	from Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 1991 series) #52 [cover minus text]

1 page biography (nonfictional) "Jerry Siegel 1914-1996"

Genre	Fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Tribute/obituary for the creator of Superman.