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444September 1988
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Adventures of Superman #444

DC · September 1988 · on sale June 2, 1988

First appearance (promotional): Will PaytonFirst appearance (promotional): StarmanFirst appearance: Zaora2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series)
Issue
#444
Publication date
September 1988
Key date
September 1988
On-sale date
June 2, 1988
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Will Payton - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Starman - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance of Zaora - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Part II of the Supergirl Saga!cover1pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Jerry OrdwayClark Kent, Superman
2Parallel Lives Meet at Infinity...comic story22script: John Byrne, Jerry Ordway; pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Petra Scotese; letters: Albert DeGuzmanNathaniel Adam, Imra Ardeen, Batman, Billy Batson, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Cosmic Boy, Firestorm, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jennie-Lynn Hayden, Adolf Hitler, Jade
9The Brightest New Star in the DC Universepromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBatman, Big Barda, Black Canary, Changeling, Jim Corrigan, Cyborg, Scott Free, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Katar Hol, Rhea Jones, Hal Jordan, Clark Kent, Dinah Lance
11-letters page2script: Renee Witterstaetter

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 07098931140409
Canadianprice 1.00 CAD; barcode 07098931140409

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: The Man of Steel #9
ISBN 978-1-4012-6637-0		2017On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #4
ISBN 978-1-77951-321-2		2022On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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