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Appearing in "Heart of Stone"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Emmett Vale (Final appearance)
Lex Luthor - Metallo (John Corben) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Pearl (Lex Luthor's secretary) (First appearance)
Locations:
- New Troy
- Centennial Avenue
- Commerce Bank of Metropolis
- Lexcorp Tower
- Metropolis Park
Items:
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Birthing Matrix (Appears in flashback and main story)
Synopsis for "Heart of Stone"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- This issue was reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 2.
- This issue takes place between Action Comics #584 and Adventures of Superman #424.
- All characters made their last chronological appearances in the Man of Steel limited series.
- This story leads directly into Superman (Volume 2) #2.
- 1st appearance of the Post-Crisis version of Metallo. The original Silver Age Metallo made his first appearance in Action Comics #252. Metallo's creator, Dr. Emmett Vale made a cameo appearance in Man of Steel #1.
- This issue establishes that Superman is twenty-eight years old as of this publishing date.
- This issue establishes that it has been three months since Superman first learned of his Kryptonian heritage.
- 1st Post-Crisis appearance of Green Kryptonite. It is important to note that the scientist who created Metallo is responsible for coining the phrase, "Kryptonite".
- 1st appearance of Pearl, Lex Luthor's secretary. She appears next in Action Comics #595.
Trivia
- Prior to this issue, the only classic villains that Superman has canonically encountered were Lex Luthor and Bizarro. In the revised history, the only super-powered adversaries that Superman has faced were foes he encountered while assisting the Justice League of America. The remainder of his rogues gallery make their first Post-Crisis appearances throughout the course of this series.
- This comic book features advertisements for the following products:
- —M&M chocolate candy
- —DC Comics - Superman relaunch: Superman #1, Adventures of Superman #424, and Action Comics #585.
- —Lazer Tag home game system
- —Westfield Company - comic book subscription service
- —DC Comics - Legends crossover comic books: Justice League of America #258, Firestorm #55 and Secret Origins #9
- —DC Comics - The Demon limited series comic book
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Superman Vol 2 1 on the forums
- Images from Superman Vol 2 1
Recommended Reading
- Man of Steel #1
- Man of Steel #2
- Man of Steel #3
- Man of Steel #4
- Man of Steel #5
- Man of Steel #6
Links and References
- Superman at Wikipedia.org
- Superman at DC Comics
- Superman Wiki
- Superman Homepage
- Superman at TV Tropes
- Superman #1 entry at the Grand Comics Database
- Superman #1 entry at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Superman #1 entry at CBDB
Footnotes
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