Action Comics Annual #2 [Direct]

([June] 1989)

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

• in Superman (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #4 (1990)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #3/1991 ([april] 1991) [22 pages]
• in Super-Homem (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #84 (junho 1991)
• in Superman: Exile (DC, 1998 series) ([August] 1998)
• in Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude (DC, 2012 series) ([June] 2012)
• in The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (DC, 2017 series) ([July] 2017)
• in Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)
• in The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (DC, 2018 series) ([September] 2018)
• in Adventures of Superman: George Pérez (DC, 2020 series) ([July] 2020)

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

• in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #1/1991 ([januar] 1991)
• in Who's Who Omnibus (DC, 2021 series) #1 ([June] 2021)

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

• in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #1/1991 ([januar] 1991)
• in Who's Who Omnibus (DC, 2021 series) #1 ([June] 2021)

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.