Comic Title: Man of Steel TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: November 3, 1987 Shipping Date November 3, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #45

Shipping Date November 3, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #128

Copyright Date November 3, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987

Newsstand Date November 27, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #128

Cover Price: $7.50
Page Count: 152
Editor: Barry Marx

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

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 From:
Man of Steel #2 (1986)

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.