Comic Title: Man of Steel #2
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1986
On Sale Date: July 24, 1986 Newsstand Date July 24, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #29
Dates lists as shipping July 24th/August 21st are erroneous
The listed shipping date should be the release date

Newsstand Date July 1, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #97

Newsstand Date July 24, 1986
Source: House Ad, Hawkman #3, Page IBC

Shipping Date June 24, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #97

Copyright Date July 1, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date June 24, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #109

Frequency: Bi-weekly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "The Story of the Century"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Man of Steel TPB (1987)
Man of Steel TPB (1988)
Man of Steel #2 [DC Silver Edition Exclusive] (1993)
Man of Steel #2 [MPI Premium] (1994)
Lois and Clark, the New Adventures of Superman TPB (1994)
Lois Lane:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Man of Steel #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Man of Steel #1; next appearance in World of Metropolis #4)
• Jimmy Olsen (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in World of Metropolis #4)
• Perry White (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #424)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in World of Metropolis #2; next appearance in Man of Steel #4)
• An unnamed purse-snatcher (no further appearances)
• Four armed robbers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Guthrie (Luthor's chauffeur; no further appearances)
• Captain Reagan (a Metropolis SWaT team officer; no further appearances)
• Chuck (a helicopter pilot; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place shortly after Man of Steel #1.

Synopsis:
Superman returns to Metropolis as a costumed super-hero. He immediately makes an impact on crime by stopping a purse snatcher and a group of armed robbers. Lois Lane follows the Man of Steel, seeking to get his story for the Daily Planet. When her attempts to catch up to him fail, she drives her own car off the end of a pier. As she hoped, Superman comes to her rescue.

Superman returns Lois to her apartment and answers a few questions. Lois is thrilled that she will finally be able to write her article and make the headlines. However, as Superman warned her, the information doesn't help her. When Lois turns in the article to her boss, Perry White, she learns that she was beaten to the story by Clark Kent, a new reporter that Perry has hired.