Story: "Steel" (22 Pages) Credits: Louise Simonson (plot, script); Jon Bogdanove (pencils); Dennis Janke (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Glenn Whitmore (colors); Mike Carlin (edits) Feature Character: The Man of Steel (John Henry Irons; also in flashbacks preceding Adventures of Superman #500/2; in flashback in #23 in between panels of flashback; next in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2) Supporting Characters: Lois Lane (in Superman Vol. 2 #78, then in Adventures of Superman #501 between pages), Keith Robert Parks, Jeb Friedman; Rosie Kurtz (first appearance; a fortune teller; next in Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #2) Villains: Lex Luthor II, Sydney Happersen, The White Rabbit; Rock, C&H, Dutch, Mucus (first appearance of all four; members of the White Rabbit's gang; latter dies) Guest Appearance: Superman (in flashback in between Action Comics #684 and Superman: The Man of Steel #19) Other Characters: Myra; Zoid (first appearance; a friend of Keith's; dies); Pete (a work colleague of John Henry Irons'; in flashback) Comment: The direct-market edition also contains a poster of the Man of Steel by Jon Bogdanove (pencils; signed) and Dennis Janke (inks; signed)
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