Comic Title: Superman #41
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1990
On Sale Date: January 23, 1990 Shipping Date January 23, 1990
Source: Previews, #11

Shipping Date January 25, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #175

Shipping Date January 25, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #13

Direct Market Date January 25, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #132, #133

Copyright Date January 23, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "The Nature of the Beast"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Dennis Janke
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Lobo's Greatest Hits TPB (1992)
Superman:Eradication (The Origin of the Eradicator) TPB (1996)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Superman #43)
• Mara Talbot (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Bibbo (last appearance in Superman #40; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Guardian (last appearance in Action Comics #648; next appearance in Superman #43)

Villain(s)

• Draaga (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Lobo (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #463; next appearance in Superman #44)
• Eradicator (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #461; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)

Other Character(s)

• K'raamdyn (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Raof (a teleporter; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Patrons of an alien bar (last appearance in Action Comics #650; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #464)
• Chloe (one of Luthor's employees; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Simyan and Mokkari (pictured in Jimmy's thoughts)
• Mark Olsen (pictured in Jimmy's thoughts)

Comments:
The Day of the Krypton Man Part I

This story continues in Adventures of Superman #464.

Synopsis:
Draaga has arranged transport to Earth to confront Superman. Several aliens then enlist Lobo to reach Earth ahead of Draaga with the intention of killing Superman. Meanwhile on Earth, Superman hides slivers of Kryptonite which he has recovered in the Antarctica fortress. When he returns to Metropolis, Superman exhibits cold and aloof behavior when dealing with his co-workers, friends, and family. Elsewhere, Jimmy Olsen searches for a way into the Cadmus Project as he continues to seek answers about his father.