Superman: The Man of Steel Vol 1 40

"Mind Games": While the comatose Brainiac escapes from his prison on New Genesis, blasting through the New Gods, Superman finds himself battling hallucinatory monsters on Earth!

"Mind Games"
Part of the "Dead Again!" event.
Cover
Superman: The Man of Steel Vol 1 #40
January, 1995
Executive Editor	Mike Carlin
Cover Artists	Jon Bogdanove Dennis Janke Marjorie Strauss Brett Breeding
Mind Games
Writers	Louise Simonson
Pencilers	Jon Bogdanove
Inkers	Dennis Janke Joe Rubinstein
Colorists	Glenn Whitmore
Letterers	Ken Lopez
Editors	Mike Carlin Chris Duffy
Previous Issue	Superman: The Man of Steel # 39
Next Issue	Superman: The Man of Steel # 41

Superman: The Man of Steel #40 is an issue of the series Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1995.

Synopsis for "Mind Games"

While the comatose Brainiac escapes from his prison on New Genesis, blasting through the New Gods, Superman finds himself battling hallucinatory monsters on Earth!

Appearing in "Mind Games"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Metropolis Special Crimes Unit
  • Maggie Sawyer
  • several unnamed SCU members
• New Gods
  • Forever People
    • Big Bear
    • Mark Moonrider
    • Serafina
    • Vykin the Black
  • Lightray
  • Orion
• Perry White
• Alice White
• Lois Lane

Antagonists:

• Brainiac

Other Characters:

• George (a gravedigger)
• a second gravedigger
• Keith Robert Parks
• Franklin Stern
• Dave (a guitarist)
• Dan (a roadie)
• Vampires
  • Babe
• Mxyzptlk (Mentioned only)
• Cyborg Superman (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Metropolis
  • S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
• New Genesis

Items:

• Forever People's Mother Box

Vehicles:

• Super-Cycle
  

Notes

• Superman navigation number 1995/1.
• The presence of Forever People in this issue was retconned later on New Gods (Volume 4) #14. In that issue, the Forever People escape from Adon and return to Earth, making every one of their appearances between Forever People #11 (1972) and New Gods (Volume 4) #14 (1997) no longer canon.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Superman: The Man of Steel series

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