Story: "Prologue: From Out the Green Dawn..." (32 Pages)Ch. 1: "The Secret"
Ch. 2: "The Exposure"
Epilogue: "The Super-Hero"

Credits: John Byrne (plot, script, pencils); Dick Giordano (inks); John Costanza (letters); Tom Ziuko (colors); Andrew Helfer (edits)

Feature Character: Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El; first appearance of the revamped Superman; see Comment; also in flashback in between prologue and chapter one of main story, and in flashback in between chapters one and two)

Supporting Characters: Jor-El, Lara (Kal-El's biological parents; both last in World of Krypton #4; both next in Adventures of Superman #461), Jonathan Kent, Martha Clark Fordman Kent (Kal-El's foster parents; both last in flashback in World of Smallville #2; both also in flashback in between pages 18 and 21 of flashback in World of Smallville #2; both on page 22 of the flashback in World of Smallville #3 between chapters one and two; both next in Superman: the Man of Steel Annual #4, then in Action Comics Annual #7), Lana Lang (Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart; last in flashback page 15 in World of Smallville #3; also in flashback in between panels of flashback page 13 of World of Smallville #3; next in flashback in #6), Lois Lane (a Daily Planet news reporter; in flashback; last in flashback in World of Metropolis #3; first post-revamp appearance of all four)

Villain: Professor Emmett Vale (first appearance; a scientist and the creator of Metallo; next in #4)

Other Characters: Kelex, Kelor (first appearance of both; two Kryptonian robot servants; last in World of Krypton #4; both destroyed); Rusty (first appearance; Clark Kent's pet dog; in flashback), Morrow, West, Calahan (first appearance of all three; NASA pilots; in flashback)

Comment: As I am still far from completing the later years of the Superman Index, a more thorough chronological listing of Clark Kent's childhood years will be prepared for later.