Superman (Volume 2) with a cover date of November, 1987.
Synopsis for "The Name Game"
Mr. Mxyzptlk meets Superman.
Appearing in "The Name Game"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mister Mxyzptlk (First appearance) (disguised as "Ben DeRoy")
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Special Crimes Unit (Mentioned only)
- Alice
- Whit
- Mr. Harrigan (344 Clinton Street Doorman)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- None
Concepts
- Fifth Dimension (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 5, Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years, World's Funnest and in Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 2 (2021 Edition).
- First appearance of the Post-Crisis version of Mister Mxyzptlk. He makes a chronologically earlier appearance in Young Justice #3. He appears next in Adventures of Superman #441.
Trivia
- Mxyzptlk in this issue appears as a man with curly black hair dressed in a white suit, his name is "Ben Deroy" and when he's asked where he is from he cites a place called "Yonder" clearly a nod to the Marvel character Beyonder.