SUPERMAN VILLAINS: SECRET FILES #1 – ORIGIN STORY – DAN JURGENS COVER – 1998

SUPERMAN VILLAINS: SECRET FILES #1 – ORIGIN STORY – DAN JURGENS COVER – 1998

JUNE 1998

ORIGIN STORIES – METALLO, DOOMSDAY, CYBORG SUPERMAN, TOYMAN, LEX LUTHOR, BIOGRAPHICAL INFO ON SUPERMAN’S ROGUE GALLERY

CHARACTERS – Lex Luthor, Metallo (John Corben), Silver Banshee (Siobhan McDougal), Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw), Brainiac, Obsession, Mainframe, Mister Mxyzptlk, Rock, Maxima, Atomic Skull (Albert Michaels), Riot, Parasite (Raymond Jensen), Toyman (Winslow P. Schott), Doomsday

STORYLINE – Secret Origin; Atomic Skull Movie Magazine; Toyman’s Catalog; Special Feature: Monster Maker’s; Interview Lex Luthor; Obsession’s Web Page; Timeline; A Child’s Garden of Villainy

A 64-page anthology issue designed to chronicle the backstories, motivations, and overall lore of Superman’s rogues’ gallery. The anthology framework centers on Lex Luthor, who tells a dark bedtime story to his daughter, Lena, skewing the history of Superman’s greatest threats into a twisted, villain-centric narrative.

PUBLISHER – DC COMICS

WRITER – Stuart Immonen, Roger Stern, Kevin Dooley, Evan Dorkin, Dan Brereton, Matt Brady, Scott Sonneborn

INTERIOR ART – Stuart Immonen, Stephen DeStefano, John McCrea, Phil Jimenez, John Byrne, Joyce Chin, Dan Jurgens, Dave Johnson, Paul Ryan, Evan Dorkin, Scot Eaton, Amanda Conner, Georges Jeanty, Cully Hamner, Ron Frenz

COVER ART – Dan Jurgens

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