Superman Secret Files #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Loser - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman Secret Files (DC, 1998 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: May 1999
Key date: 1999-05-00
On-sale date: 1999-03-10
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $4.95; 7.95 CAD
Pages: 68
Barcode: 76194121064300211

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Theo Storm - 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	Inside the Mind of the Man of Steel!	cover	1	pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Tom Nguyen; colors: Digital Chameleon	Superman
1	Superman Secret Files and Origins	credits, title page	1	pencils: Tom Grummett; inks: Denis Rodier; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Superman
2	Contents	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	History of Change	comic story	22	script: Ron Marz; pencils: Paul Ryan; inks: Tom Simmons; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Albert DeGuzman	Professor Hamilton; Superman Robot; Superman (flashback); Lois Lane (flashback); Doomsday (flashback); Cyborg (flashback); Steel (flashback); Eradicator (flashback); Superboy (flashback); Superman Red (flashback); Superman Blue (flashback); Supergirl (flashback); Millennium Giants (flashback); Marti
4	Superman	character profile	1	script: Mark Millar; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Superman
5	Superman Robots	character profile	2	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Steve Epting; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Superman Robots
6	Kismet	illustration	1	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Peter Doherty; inks: Peter Doherty; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Kismet
7	Dominus	character profile	1	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Dusty Abell; inks: Dusty Abell; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Dominus
8	LexCom	character profile	1	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Denis Rodier; inks: Denis Rodier; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	LexCom; Simone DeNeige; Lois Lane; James Olsen; Dirk Armstrong
9	This Is a Job for the Supermen of America	text story	1	script: Mark Millar
10	Supermen of America	character profile	2	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Chuck Wojtkiewicz; inks: Chuck Wojtkiewicz; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Mitch Anderson, Brahma, Nona Lin-Baker, Loser First, Outburst, Pyrogen, Theo Storm First, Claudio Tielli, Cal Usjak, White Lotus
11	Cause and Effect	comic story	6	script: Fabian Nicieza; pencils: Phil Jimenez; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Pat Prentice	Brahma, Nona Lin-Baker, Loser First, Lex Luthor, Pyrogen, Theo Storm First, Claudio Tielli, Cal Usjak, White Lotus
12	Strange Visitor	character profile	1	script: Randall Frenz; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Strange Visitor
13	The Anti-Hero	character profile	1	script: Mark Millar; pencils: Georges Jeanty; inks: Doug Hazlewood; colors: Rob Schwager, Digital Chameleon	Anti-Hero
14	The Contessa	character profile	1	script: Matt Brady; pencils: Stuart Immonen; inks: Wade von Grawbadger; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	The Contessa [Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza]
15	Chance Encounter	comic story	4	script: Stuart Immonen; pencils: Stuart Immonen; inks: José Marzán Jr.; colors: Joe Rosas, Digital Chameleon; letters: Bill Oakley	The Contessa [Contessa Erica Alexandra del Portenza]; Liz Perske
16	Metropolis Cityscape	character profile	2	script: Eliot Brown; pencils: Eliot Brown; inks: Eliot Brown; colors: Digital Chameleon
17	From the Desk of Jimmy Olsen	comic story	2	script: Joe Casey; pencils: Mike Oeming; inks: Mike Oeming; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon; letters: Comicraft	Jimmy Olsen
18	Misa	character profile	1	script: Scott Beatty; pencils: Matt Haley; inks: Tom Simmons; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Misa
19	Big Belly Burgers	comic story	1	script: Mark Millar; pencils: Shannon Denton; inks: Dexter Vines; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon; letters: Comicraft	Jimmy Olsen
20	A Hard Night's Work	comic story	2	script: Mark Schultz; pencils: Doug Mahnke; inks: Tom Nguyen; colors: Tom McCraw, Digital Chameleon; letters: Ken Lopez	Clark Kent; Lois Lane
21	Lois Lane Timeline	text article	1	script: Matt Brady	Lois Lane
22	Gog	character profile	1	script: Mark Millar; pencils: Cully Hamner; inks: Cully Hamner; colors: Glenn Whitmore, Digital Chameleon	Gog

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07098930958605

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Team Superman #1	1999	On eBay ›
Secret Origins Featuring the JLA #[nn] ISBN 1563895420	1999	On eBay ›

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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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