Price: 4.99 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 2011-08-10
Editing: Ben Abernathy (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for DC Retroactive: Superman - The '80s (DC, 2011 series) #1 Edit Cover
Cover Gallery 

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan Jurgens (signed)
Inks:
John Livesay (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Harbinger [as Destiny]; Superboy-Prime; OMAC; Wonder Woman; Bane; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Parallax

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Rated T Teen
  • Barcode: 761941305745 00111

Series Data

  • Color: Color
  • Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
  • Binding: Saddle-stitched
  • Publishing Format: One-Shot
  • Publication Type: magazine

New Day, Final Destiny
(Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 26 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Harbinger [as Destiny]; The Dread; Wonder Woman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Bane; Catwoman; Penguin; Riddler; Harley Quinn; Mr. Freeze; Scarecrow; Joker; Poison Ivy; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Martin Stein]; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]; Sue Dibny; Jean Loring; Zatanna; Max Lord; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan; also as Parallax]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Doomsday; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Monitor; Dr. Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; Elongated Man; Flash [Jay Garrick]; B'wana Beast; Starfire [Koriand'r]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Shining Knight (miscolored); Amazing Man [Will Everett]; Colossal Boy
Synopsis:
As The Dread attacks Earth, Destiny warns Superman that he is at a turning point. He can either allow The Dread to turn all humans into mind-controlled slaves or fight and ensure that a world of tragedy comes to pass. Superman chooses to fight, no matter what the consequences. In doing so, Superman proves that his is the universe the Monitor must focus on to preserve existence in the face of the coming of the Anti-Monitor.

Superman's Day of Destiny
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 17 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
Editing:
Julius Schwartz (Original Editor)
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superman; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Josh Coyle; Jimmy Olsen; Destiny; Frederick Stone; Barney Rose; Father Perez; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis:
By preventing him from using his super-powers, Destiny teaches Superman that humanity must be allowed the opportunity to look first to itself for the answers to life's problems.
Reprints (1)
Editing
Download: (JSON)
Report Information
my.comics.org
Tracked in 9 collections.
Issue at my.comics.org
View Change History
Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. New Day, Final Destiny
    Superman
  3. Superman's Day of Destiny
    Superman
Related Links
Issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Jim Van Dore
contact us
donate
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.