Comic Title: Superman Annual #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1987
On Sale Date: May 19, 1987 Newsstand Date May 19, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #39

Newsstand Date May 11, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Newsstand Date May 11, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702, #704

Shipping Date April 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Shipping Date April 28, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #696, #702, #704

Copyright Date April 28, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Tears for Titano"
Pages: 38

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John L. Byrne
Plotter/Penciller: Ron Frenz
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Lois and Clark, the New Adventures of Superman TPB (1994)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 6 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 3 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #431; next appearance in Adventures of Superman Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #431; next appearance in Booster Gold #19)
• Perry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #430; next appearance in Superman #9)

Villain(s)

• Titano (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Thomas Moyers (last appearance in Superman #7; next appearance in Superman #24)
• A gang of bank robbers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Amanda Waller (last appearance in Firestorm Annual #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #4)
• Sarge Steel (last appearance in Secret Origins #14; next appearance in Adventures of Superman Annual #1)

Other Character(s)

• Miller and Dobbs (scientists; no further appearances)
• Several soldiers (no further appearances)
• A humane society representative (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois Lane visits a laboratory in which a chimp named Titano is being experimented on by Thomas Moyers. Lois makes an effort to protect the chimp, then gets thrown out. She attempts to expose the lab by writing a story, but Perry White rejects it. Even the humane society is unable to help.

When Superman stops a bank robbery, he interrupts the power supply to the lab. A power surge causes Titano to absorb energy and grow into a giant menace. Superman battles Titano in the streets of Metropolis. When the giant chimp sees Lois, he finally calms down.

However, Moyers who is in command of a military unit orders the men to fire on the chimp. The weapon causes Titano to shrink back to normal size. The chimp believes Lois betrayed him, until Lois punches Moyers. Titano then dies in Lois's arms.