Comic Title: Superman #12
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1987
On Sale Date: September 8, 1987 Newsstand Date September 8, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #43

Newsstand Date September 8, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #124

Shipping Date August 18, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #124

Shipping Date August 18, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Shipping Date August 18, 1987
Source: Capital City Distributors, Orderpack August 1987

Copyright Date July 27, 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

Shipping Date August 18, 1987
Source: Comic Shop News, #8

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

Title: "Lost Love"
Pages: 21

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
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 World of Krypton #4; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #435)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #436)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superman #8; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #436)
• Lois Lane (in flashback; last appearance in World of Metropolis #4; next appearance in Man of Steel #4)
• Jimmy Olsen (in flashback; last appearance in World of Metropolis #4; next appearance in Man of Steel #5)
• Lori Lemaris (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Hans Schmidt (no further appearances)
• A Manhunter agent (mostly behind-the-scenes; possibly Lana Lang; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ronal (Lori's husband; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Residents of Tritonis (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Superman (at Metropolis University; one-year before becoming Superman; last appearance in World of Metropolis #3; next appearance in World of Metropolis #3)
• Superman (shortly after Superman's debut and after his first meeting with Aquaman; last appearance in Secret Origins #32; next appearance in Man of Steel #4)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Aquaman (in reference to his first meeting with Superman)

Synopsis:
Superman meets Ronal on the shoreline to create a memorial for Lori Lemaris. Superman tells Ronal how he met Lori in college and fell in love with her. He eventually discovered the secret that she was a mermaid searching for Atlantis. Due to their biological differences, they could never be together.

Shortly after becoming Superman, Clark met Aquaman who shared the secret location of Atlantis. When Clark went to tell Lori, a mad fisherman stabbed her. Superman rushed her to a doctor in Atlantis who saved her life. Lori and the doctor, Ronal, fell in love. Superman never saw Lori again. She was then killed years later while defending Atlantis.

When Superman finishes his meeting with Ronal, the Kents search for Lana Lang who has been missing for three days. When they check inside her house, they are shot by a mysterious assailant.