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Superman Vol. 2
''Superman'' was an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name. The second volume of the previous ongoing ''Superman'' title, the series was published from cover dates January 1987 to April 2006, and ran for 228 issues (226 monthly issues and two issues published outside the concurrent numbering). This series was launched after John Byrne revamped the Superman character in 1986 in '' The Man of Steel'' limited series, introducing the post-''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' version of the Superman character. After that limited series, ''Action Comics'' returned to publication and ''Superman'' vol. 2, #1 was published. The original ''Superman'' series (volume 1) became '' The Adventures of Superman'' starting with issue #424. ''Superman'' vol. 2 continued publishing until April 2006 at which point DC restored ''The Adventures of Superman'' to its original title and canceled the second ''Superman'' series. Publication history Because the DC Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics' ''X-Men'', ''She-Hulk'' and ''Fantastic Four''. Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics' ''Superman'' franchise, the first issue of which featured comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as penciller, inker, letterer and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the ''X-Men'' comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with ''Fantastic Four'' (where he also served as penciler and inker). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including ''Next Men'' and ''Danger Unlimited''. He scripted the first issues of Mike Mignola's ''Hellboy'' series and produced a number of ''Star Trek comics'' for IDW Publishing. Hailed as one of the most prolific and influential comic book artists ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |