Comic Title: Adventures of Superman Annual #1
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1987
On Sale Date: June 2, 1987 Newsstand Date June 2, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #40

Newsstand Date June 1, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #118

Shipping Date May 12, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #118

Newsstand Date June 2, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Copyright Date May 12, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date May 12, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "The Union"
Pages: 38

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Jim Starlin
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Steve Montano
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 6 TPB (2008)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 3 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman Annual #1; next appearance in Weird #1)

Villain(s)

• Hfuhruhurr (the Word Bringer; first appearance; next appearance in Superman #29)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Sarge Steel (last appearance in Superman Annual #1; next appearance in Millennium #8)

Other Character(s)

• Ronald Reagan (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #431; next appearance in Justice League International #7)
• The townspeople of Trudeau South Dakota (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman's help is requested by President Reagan to investigate the disappearance of all residents in Trudeau, South Dakota. Superman finds the town empty of residents nor does he encounter the previous search teams. However, he is haunted by a ghostly presence which begins attacking him. Superman allows himself to be captured and taken deep underground to find the source of the mystery.

He then meets Hfuhruhurr, the Wordbringer an alien who has come to Earth to spread enlightenment by ridding people of their bodies. Using the brains of the kidnapped townspeople in a machine the Wordbringer gains psychic powers to battle Superman. The Man of Steel is then forced to fight a monster while his opponent flees.

After the fight, the stolen brains communicate with Superman telepathically. They want Superman to end their lives but he refuses to kill them. The brains then mentally take command over Superman's body and flip the switch which destroys them. The brains die, and Superman regains his senses.