Action Comics and Curt Swan. Following the events of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", writer/artist John Byrne relaunched the Superman franchise in "The Man of Steel" limited series in 1986. "Action Comics" became a team-up title with issue #584 (January 1987) featuring Superman and the New Teen Titans. Other costars during this period included the Phantom Stranger, the New Gods, the Demon, Hawkman, the Green Lantern Corps, the Metal Men, Superboy, Big Barda, Mister Miracle, Booster Gold, the Martian Manhunter, the Spectre, Lois Lane and Lana Lang, Checkmate, Wonder Woman, and Man-Bat. The first "Action Comics Annual" was published in 1987 and featured
Hero of the Hour 11.7 million viewers on its debut broadcast, becoming one of the channel's highest rated new dramas of the year. The BBC later reported in 2002 that the film had been Kemp's most successful project for the channel, following a poor start for his action drama series "Ultimate Force", which suffered badly in direct competition with "Waking the Dead". An extended version of the film was released on VHS on 19 June 2000, containing footage not broadcast on television, as well an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary; but has yet to be released on DVD. Filming for "Hero of the Hour" commenced in