Comic Title: Man of Steel #6
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1986
On Sale Date: September 25, 1986 Newsstand Date September 25, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31

Newsstand Date September 25, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100

Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #100

Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #31

Shipping Date September 2, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #110

Copyright Date September 2, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Bi-weekly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 36
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Notes:
This issue contains a 4-page preview of Wonder Woman #1.

Title: "The Haunting"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Man of Steel TPB (1987)
Man of Steel TPB (1988)
Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes TPB (1990)
Man of Steel #6 [DC Silver Edition Exclusive] (1993)
Man of Steel #6 [MPI Premium] (1994)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Superman #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Superman #2)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Superman #2)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in World of Smallville #4; next appearance in Superman #2)

Other Character(s)

• Helen (Lana's aunt; in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Clark Kent (Clark reveals his powers to Lana; last appearance in Man of Steel #1; next appearance in World of Smallville #3)
• Lana Lang (Clark reveals his powers to Lana; last appearance in Man of Steel #1; next appearance in World of Smallville #3)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jor-El (as a hologram and in a vision)
• Lara (in a vision)
• Lois Lane (in a thought image)

Comments:
Clark reveals his secret identity to Lana in flashback of this story which occurs immediately following page 18 of Man of Steel #1.

Synopsis:
Clark Kent returns to Smallville and begins having visions of his birth parents on Krypton. Clark realizes for the first time that he is an alien and was not born on Earth. He also discovers that the rocket ship that brought him to Earth is missing. Evidence shows that it was taken from its secret location within the last six months.

While learning about his own origins, Clark is also reunited with Lana Lang who has recently returned to Smallville. Clark told Lana about his powers just before he left Smallville, years earlier. Lana reveals to Clark that she was deeply hurt when Clark left and has only recently made peace with her emotions for him.