Story: "Life After Death" (46 Pages) Credits: Jerry Ordway (plot, script); Tom Grummett (pencils); Doug Hazlewood (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: Superman (as a spirit) Guest Star: Gangbuster Supporting Characters: Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Cat Grant, Bibbo Bibbowski, Ron Troupe, Bill Henderson Villains: Vincent Edge, Prankster, Blaze Guest Appearance: Kismet Second Story: "First Sighting..." (4 Pages) Credits: Louise Simonson (plot, script); Jon Bogdanove (pencils); Dennis Janke (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: John Henry Irons (first appearance; a steel worker and former weapons designer; last in flashbacks in Superman: the Man of Steel #22) Villains: The White Rabbit (Angora Lapin; first appearance; last in flashback in Superman: The Man of Steel #23) Other Characters: Homes, Wheels, Hype (first appearance of all three; members the Dragons, a street gang; latter dies) Comment: The feature character of this and the following three stories all believe themselves or are believed by others to be Superman returned from grave. However to be able to better destinguish them from each other they will be indexed as The Man of Steel, The Last Son of Krypton, The Man of Tomorrow, and Superboy until they assume their future identities: Steel, Eradicator, Cyborg, and Superboy respectively. Third Story: "First Sighting..." (4 Pages) Credits: Roger Stern (plot, script); Jackson Guice (pencils); Denis Rodier (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: The Last Son of Krypton (formerly the Eradicator; in between pages of Action Comics #687; see Comment for the second story) Villain: Darryl Wilbur (first appearance; a car-jacker) Fourth Story: "First Sighting..." (4 Pages) Credits: Karl Kesel (plot, script); Tom Grummett (pencils); Doug Hazlewood (inks); Albert De Guzman (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: Superboy (first appearance; a clone of Director Westfield of the Cadmus Project; see Comment for the second story) Guest Stars: Guardian III; Tommy II, Flip, Gabby II, Big Words II, Scrapper II (all five as the Newsboy Legion) Supporting Characters: Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent Villains: Paul Westfield; Carl Packard Fifth Story: "First Sighting..." (4 Pages) Credits: Dan Jurgens (plot, script, pencils); Brett Breeding (inks); John Costanza (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: The Man of Tomorrow (Hank Henshaw; last in flashback in Superman Vol. 2 #81; see Comment for the second story)
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