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Superman: The Legacy of Superman 1

SUPERMAN: THE LEGACY OF SUPERMAN #1

Cover Date: March 1993
Cover Price: $2.50

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: Arthur Adams (signed)


Story: "The Guardians of Metropolis!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKarl Kesel
ArtWalter Simonson
LetteringJohn Workman
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
Assistant editingJennifer Frank
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; deceased; next in Superman Vol. 2 #77)

Supporting Character(s):

Anthony Rodriguez (last in Action Comics #686; next in Adventures of Superman #506)
Tommy Thompkins (last in Action Comics #686; next in Adventures of Superman #506)
John Gabrielli (last in Action Comics #686; next in Adventures of Superman #506)
Patrick MacGuire (last in Action Comics #686; next in Superboy Annual Vol. 3 #2)
Walter Johnson (last in Action Comics #686; next in Adventures of Superman #506)
Guardian III (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)
Dubbilex (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #506)
Newsboy Legion II:
Big Words II (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)
Tommy II (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)
Gabby II (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)
Scrapper II (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)
Flip (last in Superman: The Man of Steel #21; next in Adventures of Superman #500/4)

Villain(s):

Paul Westfield (last in Action Comics #686; next in Superman Vol. 2 #77)
Carl Packard (last in Action Comics #686; revealed as the developer of Auron II; next in Supergirl/Lex Luthor Special #1)

Other Character(s):

Project Cadmus staff
Auron II (first appearance; super-powered clone of Jim Harper; mentally downloads Superman's complete DNA charting; next in Adventures of Superman #509)

Location(s):

Project Cadmus

Comment(s):

The cover of this issue reads "The Legacy of Superman" instead of "Superman: The Legacy of Superman" as in the indicia.


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Second Story: "Sister Act" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRoger Stern
PencilsDenis Rodier
InksAnde Parks
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
Assistant editingJennifer Frank
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Thorn II (last in Superman Vol. 2 #66; becomes active again; next in Adventures of Superman #521)

Villain(s):

The Cherokee (first appearance; a stolen property fence)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Third Story: "Gangbuster of Suicide Slum" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Ordway
PencilsDennis Janke
InksMike Machlan
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
LetteringJohn Costanza, Albert De Guzman
Assistant editingJennifer Frank
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Gangbuster (in between Adventures of Superman #499 and #500)

Supporting Character(s):

Bill Henderson (last in Action Comics #686; next in Adventures of Superman #500)

Villain(s):

Pin-Stripe and his gang (drug runner and weapons sales; first appearance of all)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Fourth Story: "Funeral Pyres!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryWilliam Messner-Loebs
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJosef Rubinstein
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
LetteringBill Oakley
Assistant editingJennifer Frank
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Sinbad (last in Action Comics #658; reveals that he still has his powers)

Supporting Character(s):

Soraya Nassur (last in Action Comics #658; Sinbad's sister and a LexCorp employee)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor II (last in Action Comics #686; next in Supergirl/Lex Luthor Special #1)
Terror-Masters (first appearance; gang of weapon smugglers; all die)

Other Character(s):

Clarice (first appearance; co-worker of Soraya; dies)

Location(s):

Metropolis


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Jurgens
Layout pencilsDan Jurgens
FinishesTrevor Scott
ColorsGlenn Whitmore
LetteringJohn Costanza
Assistant editingJennifer Frank
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Linear Men:
Hunter (last in Superman Vol. 2 #73; next in Valor #18)
Liri Lee (last in Superman Vol. 2 #73; next in Valor #18)
Matt Ryder (last in Superman Vol. 2 #73; next in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #1)
Waverider (last in Superman Vol. 2 #73; officially joins the Linear Men; next in Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey #1)

Other Character(s):

Superman (dies; appears during Superman Vol. 2 #75)
Lois Lane (appears during Superman Vol. 2 #75)
Jimmy Olsen (appears during Superman Vol. 2 #75)
Doomsday (appears during Superman Vol. 2 #75)

Location(s):

Vanishing Point


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