Supermen of America #1 - First Appearance of Pyrogen, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Supermen of America (DC, 1999 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: March 1999
Key date: March 1999
On-sale date: January 13, 1999
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $4.95; 7.95 CAD
Pages: 68
Barcode: 76194121594500111
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Cal Usjak - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Brahma - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Nona Lin-Baker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance (cover) of White Lotus - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

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

First appearance (cover) of Maxwell Williams - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Maximum - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Psilencer - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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

Death on record for: Psilencer.

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; letters: Todd Klein	Brahma First, Clark Kent, Nona Lin-Baker First, Maximum First, Psilencer First, Pyrogen First, Superman, Claudio Tielli First, Tim Townsend First, Cal Usjak First, White Lotus First, Maxwell Williams First
1	Fire from Heaven	comic story	54	script: Stuart Immonen; pencils: Norm Breyfogle, Sean Phillips, Humberto Ramos, Chuck Wojtkiewicz, Ron Lim, Ethan Van Sciver; inks: Joe Rubinstein, Sean Phillips, José Marzán Jr., Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon; letters: Steve Dutro	Mitch Anderson First, Brahma First, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Nona Lin-Baker First, Lex Luthor, Outburst First, Psilencer First, Pyrogen First, Superman, Claudio Tielli First, Tim Townsend First, Cal Usjak First, White Lotus First
2	Supermen of America Membership Kit	insert or dust jacket	2	letters: typeset	Superman

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Standard Edition - Newsstand	price 3.95 USD; 6.25 CAD; barcode 07447030675795
Standard Edition - Direct Sales	price 3.95 USD; 6.25 CAD; barcode 76194121796300111

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Series context

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Sources

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

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