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Cover: John Byrne

Superman #12

Dec 1987 · DC · 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

📊 ~60,992 copies sold its debut month

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“Lost Love”

From John Byrne and Karl Kesel's celebrated 1987 run comes Superman #12, a tender departure from the usual action-packed fare. The cover, penciled and inked by Byrne, shows Clark Kent in civilian clothes gently lifting a laughing young woman in a wheelchair, the two of them surrounded by floating Superman shields and pastel hearts — a warm, romantically charged image that perfectly sets the mood for the "Lost Love" story within. It's a charming and surprisingly intimate issue that highlights the human side of the Man of Steel.

writer, artist John Byrne · inker Karl Kesel · colorist Tom Ziuko · letterer John Costanza · cover John Byrne

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VF) $4

CGC 9.8 · 7 in census $78*

CGC 9.6 · 3 in census $36*

CGC 9.4 none in existence

CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $30*

CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $30*

CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $30*

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CGC 8.0 none in existence

CGC 7.5 none in existence

CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $30*

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Cast · 19 characters

Arthur Curry Batman Captain Atom Clark Kent / Kal-El Dinah Lance Green Lantern Hal Jordan Jimmy Olsen Jonathan Kent Lois Lane Lori Lemaris Martha Kent Nathaniel Adam Rocket Red #7 Ronal Starfire Superman Vladimir Mikoyan Wally West

Full credits

writer, artist John Byrne

inker Karl Kesel

colorist Tom Ziuko

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks John Byrne

Reprints

Reprinted in Supermann #10/1988 (1988), Supermán #65 (1989), Corto Maltese #3 [78] (1990), Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2006), Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (2008), Superman: The Man of Steel #3 (2021), Stålmannen #10/1988

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