Comic Title: Superman #17
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1988
On Sale Date: January 19, 1988 Shipping Date January 19, 1988
Source: DC Releases, #48

Shipping Date January 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #134

Newsstand Date February 11, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #134

Copyright Date January 19, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Cries in the Night"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Artist: John L. Byrne
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 8 TPB (2014)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 4 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #599; next appearance in Wonder Woman #16)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #599; next appearance in Superman:The Earth Stealers #1)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Action Comics #599; next appearance in Superman:The Earth Stealers #1)
• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #599; next appearance in Superman:The Earth Stealers #1)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #433; next appearance in World of Metropolis #2)
• Maggie Sawyer (last appearance in Superman #15; next appearance in Action Comics #600)
• Dan Turpin (called Ben in this story; last appearance in Action Comics #595; next appearance in Action Comics #600)

Villain(s)

• Silver Banshee (name Siobhan McDougal revealed; last appearance in Action Comics #595; next appearance in Superman #23)

Other Character(s)

• Sarah Olsen (first name revealed in this story; last appearance in Superman #16; next appearance in Superman #19)
• Bevan McDougal (Silver Banshee's brother; next appearance in Superman #23)
• Mrs. Keane (a book store employee; no further appearances)
• An unnamed coroner (next appearance in Superman #20)
• Alice (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #439; next appearance in Superman #20)
• Peter James Shoemaker (full name revealed in this story; last appearance in Superman #16; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #445)
• Beth and Ali (U.S. customs workers; no further appearances)
• Michaels (a police officer; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
Superman is disguised as Batman in this story.

Clark Kent receives a message from Wonder Woman's agent Myndi Mayer at the conclusion of this story.

Synopsis:
Perry White asks Clark to visit Jimmy's mother Sarah after the woman expressed concerns about Jimmy working for the Daily Planet. On the way to her apartment Clark finds Jimmy, and they both discover that the Silver Banshee has returned. Clark goes after the villain, hoping that his civilian identity will confuse her powers which are triggered by visual cues.

When Clark fails to stop the Silver Banshee, he slips away only to return dressed as Batman. He engages her in battle which is interrupted by the arrival of a hatchet-wielding man named Bevan McDougal. Bevan is the Banshee's brother and has come to restore the family honor by bringing his sister home. She refuses, and they both disappear.

Superman and Maggie Sawyer are left puzzled by the family squabble and disappearances. Superman then drops Jimmy off at his home and meets his mother Sarah. When Clark returns to the Daily Planet he learns that Wonder Woman's agent Myndi Mayer has been trying to contact him.