Unofficial DC Special Series #5 (Superman Spectacular) Index

DC SPECIAL SERIES #5
(SUPERMAN SPECTACULAR)

Cover Date: November 1977
Cover Price: $1.00

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: José Luis García-López
Inks: Dick Giordano

Story: Chapter I: "The Second Coming of Superman!" (63 Pages) Chapter II: "The First Coming of Superman"
Chapter III: "A God Walks Among Us!"
Chapter IV: "The Fall and Rise of Sonzrr!"

Credits:

Story	Cary Bates
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Vince Colletta
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Lettering	Ben Oda
Associate editing	E. Nelson Bridwell
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #476; next in Batman Vol. 1 #293)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #476; next in Superman Family #186)

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #476; next in Superman Family #186/3)

Lori Lemaris (last in Action Comics #475/2; next in DC Comics Presents #5)

Morgan Edge (last in Action Comics #476; next in Superman Family #186/3)

Perry White (in between Superman Family #185/3 and #186)

Steve Lombard (in between Action Comics #475 and #477/2)

Villain(s):

Brainiac (last in Superman Family #183/5; next in Action Comics #489)

Lex Luthor (last in Secret Society of Super-Villains #7; next in Batman Vol. 1 #291)

an ecto-plasmic creature (first appearance; destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Alyar (first appearance; a citizen of Tritonis)

Quorxans (an alien race; first appearance of all)

Hryn

Mkru-2 (a scout)

Ornx

Ryla

an unidentified alien astronaut in the Andromeda galaxy (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Metropolis

Quorxa (first appearance; a cloaked alien city-island in the Pacific Ocean)

Tritonis

Unknown Space Sector

Andromeda Galaxy

Comment(s):

Brainiac, for a short while, gains the ability to shrink entire planets.

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #59 (April 1985)

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