Comic Title: Superman Annual #2
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: April 12, 1988 Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Newsstand Date May 5, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Copyright Date April 12, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date April 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "The Cadmus Project"
Pages: 40

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Ron Frenz
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 9 TPB (2017)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 4 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in World of Metropolis #1)

Guest Star(s)

• Guardian (revealed to possess Jim Harper's mind in a new cloned body; last appearance in Young All-Stars #31; next appearance in Superman #26)
• Newsboy Legion (last appearance in Secret Origins #19; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Gabby (real name Gabrelli revealed; last appearance in Secret Origins #19; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Scrapper (last appearance in Secret Origins #19; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Big Words (real name Anthony Rodrigues revealed; last appearance in Secret Origins #19; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Tommy (last appearance in Secret Origins #19; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)
• Flip (aka Flipper Dipper; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #49)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #20; next appearance in World of Metropolis #1)
• Dubbilex (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #448)

Villain(s)

• Sleez (last appearance in Action Comics #593; no further appearances)
• A gang of drug dealers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Newsboy Legion Alpha (clones of the original Newsboy Legion; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Gabby Alpha (a clone of Gabby; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Scrapper Alpha (a clone of Scrapper; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Big Words Alpha (a clone of Big Words; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Tommy Alpha (a clone of Tommy; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Flip Alpha (a clone of Flip; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)

Other Character(s)

• Jude (leader of the Hairies; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• The Hairies (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)
• Soldiers of Project Cadmus (no further appearances)
• A truck driver (no further appearances)
• Several firefighters (no further appearances)
• Simons (dean of Metropolis University; no further appearances)
• Sullivan (a barber; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Darkseid (in flashback)

Synopsis:
The clones of the original Newsboy Legion have escaped from Project Cadmus, a secret government installation under the streets of Suicide Slum. The Guardian is sent to retrieve them. However, when the boys begin causing trouble, it draws the attention of Superman. The Guardian tries to get the boys back to the Project without Superman discovering their secret. He almost succeeds, until the boys hop into a Whiz Wagon to escape the Project Cadmus soldiers.

The Guardian finally relents and joins forces with Superman, promising him a explanation once he get clearance from his superiors. The two heroes then follow the Whiz Wagon to the Habitat, where they meet Jude and the Hairies. Jude explains that Project Cadmus has been taken over by an evil presence. Dubbilex helped to get the boys out.

Superman, Guardian, and the Hairies then invade Project Cadmus to free it from the control of evil in the form of Sleez, a former minion of Darkseid. The attack succeeds, Sleez disappears, apparently converted into energy. The boys then meet the original Newsboy Legion, their creators.