Publishers / DC / Superman (1987) / #38
38December 1989
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Superman #38

DC · December 1989 · on sale 1989-10-26

First appearance: Road Warrior AnimalFirst appearance: Road Warrior Hawk1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1987 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
December 1989
Key date
1989-12-00
On-sale date
1989-10-26
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Road Warrior Animal - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Road Warrior Hawk - 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
0Unnatural Disasters!cover1pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Jerry OrdwayClark Kent, Superman
2Unnatural Disasterscomic story22script: Jerry Ordway; pencils: Jerry Ordway; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: John CostanzaAllie, Professor Emil Hamilton, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
8Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-No!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
11-letters page2script: Mike Carlin

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07098930675212

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Series context

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Sources

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