Action Comics Annual #2 [Newsstand]
([June] 1989)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
070989312432 95
Editing
Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PEREZ [no spaces])
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed as Ordway)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
Reprints

Memories of Krypton's Past (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Ordway (credited); George Pérez (credited); Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Ordway (credited) (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); Mike Mignola (credited) (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Curt Swan (credited) (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
Inks
John Statema (credited) (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); George Pérez (credited) (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Brett Breeding (credited) (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The prison planet lies in the vast shadow of Warworld, the seat of power in this galaxy.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jor-El (flashback) (cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback) (cameo); Martha Kent (flashback) (cameo); Lois Lane (flashback) (cameo); Lana Lang (flashback) (cameo); Lara (flashback) (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (flashback) (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White (flashback) (cameo); The Cleric (introduction); Cellkeeper 385 (introduction); Gladiator Attendant Lentra (introduction); Draaga; Kelex (flashback); Sen-M the Elder (flashback); the League of Life (flashback); Syra (flashback; dies); Tyr-N (flashback); Cat Grant (flashback); Matrix [Supergirl] (flashback); Kaargl (villain, introduction); Eradicator (introduction); Mongul
Synopsis
Superman fights and defeats Mongul's gladiators. The Cleric has an artifact from Krypton that he has been holding until the right person comes along.
Reprints
Keywords
Daily Planet; Earth; Kansas; Kent Farm; Krypton; Lexcorp; Metropolis; S.T.A.R. Labs; Smallville; Warworld

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #454 and story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #32.

Matrix (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (credited) (signed as Jurgens)
Inks
Brett Breeding (credited) (signed as BREEDING)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Matrix [Supergirl]
Reprints

Cat Grant (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Jurgens (credited) (signed as Jurgens)
Inks
Brett Breeding (credited) (signed as BREEDING)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Cat Grant [Catherine Jane Grant]
Reprints

How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Pérez (credited)
Pencils
Jerry Ordway (credited) (signed as Ordway); Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as MIGNOLA)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra

Indexer Notes

George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Memories of Krypton's Past
    Superman
  3. 2. Matrix
    Superman
  4. 3. Cat Grant
    Superman
  5. 4. How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation
    Superman
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