Superman #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Gretchen Kelley - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman (DC, 1987 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: February 1987
Key date: 1987-02-00
On-sale date: 1986-10-21
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 of Gretchen Kelley - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Amanda Marie McCoy - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Secret Revealed!	cover	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: John Byrne	Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Amanda Marie McCoy First
2	The Secret Revealed!	comic story	22	script: John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin, Keith Williams; colors: Tom Ziuko; letters: John Costanza	John Corben, Sydney Happersen First, Gretchen Kelley First, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, Amanda Marie McCoy First, Metallo, Superman
4	First, the Dark Knight Then, the Man of Steel Now DC Does It Again!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: George Pérez; inks: George Pérez	Princess Diana, Wonder Woman
6	Legends Crossovers	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Byrne, Jerry Bingham, Steve Lightle; inks: John Byrne, Ron Randall, Steve Lightle
8	He's Strong, Smart and Relentless...	photo story	1	pencils: David Mazzucchelli; inks: David Mazzucchelli	Batman, Bruce Wayne
9	Now... Complete in One Volume!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Frank Miller	Batman, Bruce Wayne
10	Superman's Other Creators	in-house column	1	script: Dick Giordano	Jerry Ordway (photograph)
11	Superman	letters page	2	script: Andy Helfer

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893067502
Canadian	price 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893067502

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289293	1988	On eBay ›
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289-39-0	1989	On eBay ›
Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told #2 ISBN 1-4012-0956-4	2007	On eBay ›
Superman: They Saved Luthor's Brain! #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-601-X	2000	On eBay ›
Superman: The Man of Steel #2 ISBN 1-4012-0005-2	2003	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Check the staples and centerfold; heavily read anniversary and key issues loosen there first.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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