Action Comics #599 (April 1988)
Action Comics #599 (April 1988) Return of the Metal Men, who are a group of robot superheroes and not a bunch of long-haired dudes in devil shirts, as you...
Adventures of Superman #439 (April 1988)
Adventures of Superman #439 (April 1988) This issue in 12 words: Superman loses his hand and also he’s a robot, but not really. This is all Jimmy Olsen’s...
Superman #16 (April 1988)
Superman #16 (April 1988) Superman versus The Prankster, a villain whose modus operandi is attacking people with practical jokes. I’m not sure why we needed...
World of Krypton #4 (March 1988)
World of Krypton #4 (March 1988) Last part of the World of Krypton miniseries, so you probably know how this ends. This issue starts in present-day...
Action Comics #598 (March 1988)
Action Comics #598 (March 1988) Hey, that’s a neat cover. The issue itself is basically a backdoor pilot for Checkmate, DC’s then-new espionage series, but...
Adventures of Superman #438 (March 1988)
Adventures of Superman #438 (March 1988) Superman vs. Brainiac! Sort of. This isn’t the slim green alien version of Brainiac, but the pudgy alcoholic circus...
Superman #15 (March 1988)
Superman #15 (March 1988) A Maggie Sawyer spotlight issue! Yesss. After Captain Maggie’s little daughter Jamie has been missing for five issues (she...
World of Krypton #3 (February 1988)
World of Krypton #3 (February 1988) This issue opens with Superman’s dad, Jor-El, as a 15 year old teen locked in a dark room, staring at digital images of...
Action Comics #597 (February 1988)
Action Comics #597 (February 1988) That intentionally ridiculous cover is the least ridiculous part of this issue. In Superman #13, a mind-controlled Lana...
Adventures of Superman #437 (February 1988)
Adventures of Superman #437 (February 1988) Another freaking Millennium crossover, though this one’s technically only half a crossover. That’s because this...
Superman #14 (February 1988)
Superman #14 (February 1988) Now we are balls deep into the Millennium crossover, which is an appropriate metaphor because this issue is all about poontang....
World of Krypton #2 (January 1988)
World of Krypton #2 (January 1988) More cheerful tales of old Krypton! In World of Krypton #1, we saw the ancient Kryptonians getting into a war with each...
Action Comics #596 (January 1988)
Action Comics #596 (January 1988) After Superman accidentally kills half the city of Smallville by defeating a Manhunter robot called Dr. Whitney who was...
Adventures of Superman #436 (January 1988)
Adventures of Superman #436 (January 1988) Millennium time! In Superman #13, Supes found out Lana Lang is apparently a Manhunter (in the “evil space robot,”...
Superman #13 (January 1988)
Superman #13 (January 1988) Superman versus Toyman, a deranged British toymaker who went insane after being fired and started using his talents to murder his...
World of Krypton #1 (December 1987)
World of Krypton #1 (December 1987) A tale of Superman’s great great great granddaddy, Van-L. Back in Man of Steel #1 we saw Krypton as a desolate planet...
Action Comics #595 (December 1987)
Action Comics #595 (December 1987) Here it is, finally. The Death of Superman. When the Justice League can’t defeat a murder machine called Doomsday,...
Adventures of Superman #435 (December 1987)
Adventures of Superman #435 (December 1987) The final confrontation between Superman and The Circle, which takes place in the form of a long acid trip. We...
Superman #12 (December 1987)
Superman #12 (December 1987) Superman remembers the time in college when he dated a mermaid, only he didn’t know she was a mermaid. I assume/hope that this...
Action Comics #594 (November 1987)
Action Comics #594 (November 1987) Metropolis’ other superhero, Booster Gold, is running a smear campaign about Superman, putting out “Superman sucks”...
Action Comics Annual #1 (1987)
Action Comics Annual #1 (1987) Batman is investigating some vampire attacks in Gotham City that lead him to a small town in South Carolina. There, he comes...
Adventures of Superman #434 (November 1987)
Adventures of Superman #434 (November 1987) Introducing GANGBUSTER! Honest teacher Jose Delgado has had it with these motherfucking thugs in this...
Superman #11 (November 1987)
Superman #11 (November 1987) Superman matches wits with that handsome devil from the fifth dimension, Mister Mxyzptlk, whose superior 5-D brain allows him to...
Adventures of Superman Annual #1 (1987)
Adventures of Superman Annual #1 (1987) This is more like a horror/sci-fi story with Superman thrown in the middle, like that time he guest-starred in The...
Action Comics #593 (October 1987)
Action Comics #593 (October 1987) Part two of Superman’s delightful foray into the porn industry. Last issue, Superman and Big Barda of the New Gods ended up...
Adventures of Superman #433 (October 1987)
Adventures of Superman #433 (October 1987) This issue goes all Magnolia on us, telling five-interconnected stories, each starring a different character. They...
Superman #10 (October 1987)
Superman #10 (October 1987) Superman’s powers go wonky and he starts destroying Metropolis like Henry Cavill in that movie where he plays a lumberjack or...
Action Comics #592 (September 1987)
Action Comics #592 (September 1987) Ah, this one. This issue begins one of the most infamous stories in Superman comics and fiction in general: the tale of...
Adventures of Superman #432 (September 1987)
Adventures of Superman #432 (September 1987) After gang members burn down a building in Metropolis’ poor side, a concerned Lex Luthor, pillar of the...
Superman #9 (September 1987)
Superman #9 (September 1987) It’s the Joker. The Joker is in Metropolis, words on the cover. He’s right behind you. This issue starts with the Joker stealing...
Superman Annual #1 (1987)
Superman Annual #1 (1987) This issue begins with Lois Lane visiting a scientific installation, so you know something is going to blow up soon. In this case,...
Action Comics #591 (August 1987)
Action Comics #591 (August 1987) Superman vs. Superboy! And Krypto the Superdog! And the concept of comic book continuity! I’ve read this issue like five...
Adventures of Superman #431 (August 1987)
Adventures of Superman #431 (August 1987) A dude named Doctor Stratos blackmails the governments of the world with his weather-controlling machine. Stratos,...
Superman #8 (August 1987)
Superman #8 (August 1987) Superman is resting in Smallville after his fight with Rampage when some troublesome time-traveling teenagers called the Legion of...
Action Comics #590 (July 1987)
Action Comics #590 (July 1987) For the second time in one month, there’s an accident in a place Lois Lane is visiting. OK, now I’m sure she’s part of some...
Adventures of Superman #430 (July 1987)
Adventures of Superman #430 (July 1987) Clark Kent goes through a vocational crisis after missing a bunch of Daily Planet assignments due to his side-job as...
Superman #7 (July 1987)
Superman #7 (July 1987) Lois Lane is visiting a laboratory where scientists are working on a new source of energy, and of course the whole place explodes....
Action Comics #589 (June 1987)
Action Comics #589 (June 1987) Superman and the Green Lantern Corps fight some space tentacles and I’m glad this isn’t a manga. On the last issue of Action,...
Adventures of Superman #429 (June 1987)
Adventures of Superman #429 (June 1987) Clark Kent finds out his ladyfriend Cat Grant has a son named Adam whose father (a Hollywood guy with ties to the...
Superman #6 (June 1987)
Superman #6 (June 1987) “Superman vs. The Huge-Ass Robot Mummy,” Part 2 of 2. Back in Part 1, Superman got knocked out by a giant robot discovered in an...
Action Comics #588 (May 1987)
Action Comics #588 (May 1987) Superman helps Hawkman and Hawkwoman stop an invasion from their own planet of wing-wearing warriors, Thanagar. The Hawkcouple...
Hawkman Crossover Ad
BONUS: A 1987 ad for the issue of Action Comics I’ll cover tomorrow, courtesy of the awesome dcinthe80s Tumblr! Besides posting ads from this era they are...
Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987)
Adventures of Superman #428 (May 1987) The gangbanger son of the Daily Planet’s editor Perry White, cleverly named Jerry White, gets kidnapped by a mobster...
Superman #5 (May 1987)
Superman #5 (May 1987) “Superman vs. The Huge-Ass Robot Mummy,” Part 1 of 2. Not the actual title, but it should have been. Lois Lane and Clark Kent are...
Action Comics #587 (April 1987)
Action Comics #587 (April 1987) Superman teams up with The Demon, a fearsome creature from the depths of Hell who fights the forces of darkness with the...
Adventures of Superman #427 (April 1987)
Adventures of Superman #427 (April 1987) Superman lifts a tank over his head in an Arab country, as you can see. Said country is Qurac, the one that sent a...
Superman #4 (April 1987)
Superman #4 (April 1987) A guy named Bloodsport has been going around Metropolis, shooting guns and yelling about Vietnam. He’s basically Walter from The Big...
Action Comics #586 (March 1987)
Action Comics #586 (March 1987) Due to a series of wacky circumstances, Superman thinks he’s the son of the evil alien god Darkseid and, accordingly, got a...
Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987)
Adventures of Superman #426 (March 1987) This is a crazy issue. After falling into a pit of fire in the planet Apokolips (at the end of Superman #3),...
Superman #3 (March 1987)
Superman #3 (March 1987) Superman is transported to the planet Apokolips, a.k.a. the anus of the universe. However, Apokolips’ ruler Darkseid (you know, this...