The Greatest Hero of Them All trade paperback collection "Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 4" (). The Greatest Hero of Them All "The Greatest Hero of Them All" is a story arc that was published by DC Comics, and presented in "Superman" vol. 2, #8, "Action Comics" #591, and "Legion of Super-Heroes" vol. 3, #37–38 from August through September 1987. It was written by Paul Levitz and John Byrne, and pencilled by Byrne, Greg LaRocque and Mike DeCarlo. The story arc was DC’s first attempt to correct the inconsistencies in Legion history created when the original Superboy was removed from mainstream DC continuity in the
Action Comics Jordan and Clark Kent as old friends who knew each other's secret identities. This was not considered canon in 1989 and Gaiman was unwilling to change this aspect of the story. As each serial in "ACW" was edited by different editors, continuity was not being maintained by DC editorial). The story was pulled and a different story, written by Elliot S. Maggin, was run. Gaiman's story was finally published as a one-shot in "" in November 2000. The "Action Comics Weekly" experiment lasted only until the beginning of March 1989 and after a short break, issue #643 (July 1989) brought