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Cover: John Byrne

Superman #9

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

📊 ~67,321 copies sold its debut month

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“To Laugh and Die in Metropolis”

The Joker wearing Superman's costume while cackling maniacally — surrounded by a wallpaper of "HA HA HAs" — makes for one of the most unsettling cover images of 1987. John Byrne's bold, close-up composition puts that ghastly grin front and center, and the tagline "Guess Who's in Metropolis…?!" does exactly what a great cover should: make you desperate to open the book. With Byrne writing and drawing and Karl Kesel on inks, this clash of DC's worlds promises something genuinely strange heading Superman's way.

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

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Cast · 28 characters

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writer, artist John Byrne

inker Karl Kesel

colorist Tom Ziuko

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks John Byrne

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Lex drives to a little diner far from Metropolis, and offers a married waitress one million dollars to live with him for one month.

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