Superman: The Wedding Album
Superman: The Wedding Album | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
Format | One-shot |
Genre | |
Publication date | December Clark Kent Lois Lane |
Creative team | |
Written by | Dan Jurgens Karl Kesel David Michelinie Louise Simonson Roger Stern |
Superman: The Wedding Album is an American comic book published in 1996 by
Written by the five principal writers for the Superman titles at the time (Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern) and bearing a cover date of December 1996, the issue was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman which also featured the wedding of the two characters.[1][2]
Previous weddings involving the two characters had all been hoaxes, dreams or imaginary tales, with the exception of the wedding of the Earth-Two Superman and Lois Lane, depicted in Action Comics #484 (June 1978).
Plot
The story follows after a yearlong breakup between Lois and Clark. Lois returns to Metropolis from her job as a
Jimmy Olsen serves as
Honeymoon
After The Wedding Album,
Artists
Nearly every living major artist who had ever worked on a Superman comic title contributed to this issue:[3][4]
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Collected editions
- Superman The Wedding and Beyond – the wedding and honeymoon of Lois and Clark are collected in one volume, includes Superman #118, Adventures of Superman #541, Action Comic #728, Superman: The Man of Steel #63 and Superman: The Wedding Album, released in November 1997.[5][6]
- DC Comics Presents: Superman: Lois & Clark 100 Page Super Spectacular – reprint of Superman: The Wedding Album, released in November 2015, with cover art by Ryan Sook.[7]
- Superman & Lois Lane: The 25th Wedding Anniversary Deluxe Edition – collecting Superman: The Wedding Album, Superman #118, Adventures of Superman #541, Action Comics #728 and Superman: The Man of Steel #63 and new extras, released in September 2021.[8]
Awards
The book was a top vote getter for the
References
- ^ Dimino, Russ. The Many Faces Of... Super-Weddings! KryptonSite.com.
- ^ John McNamara (writer); Michael Lange (director) (1996-10-06). "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding". Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Season 4. Episode 3. ABC.
- ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens.
- Marzan Jr., Jose; Breeding, Brett; Janke, Dennis; Hazelwood, Doug; Rodier, Denis; Thibert, Art; Pérez, George; Guice, Jackson; Cardy, Nick; Plastino, Al; McCarthy, Ray; Rubinstein, Joe; Ordway, Jerry (i). "The Wedding Album" Superman: The Wedding Album, no. 1 (December 1996).
- ISBN 1-56389-392-4.
- ^ SUPERMAN: THE WEDDING AND BEYOND. DC Comics. 9 March 2012.
- ^ DC COMICS PRESENTS: SUPERMAN – LOIS AND CLARK #1. DC Comics.
- ^ SUPERMAN & LOIS LANE: THE 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION. DC Comics. September 2021.