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.