The contemporary setting removed the Cold War context of the original story and served as a tie-in issue to the miniseries Marvel: The Lost Generation #12-1 (March 2000-February 2001), created by Byrne and Roger Stern. This storyline (which includes Hulk Annual 1999 and Marvel: The Lost Generation #12-1 ) is designated as being set in the universe of "Earth-9992" and is not part of the mainstream Marvel Universe of Earth-616. See also The Man of Steel, a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman also written and drawn by John Byrne that told the story of Superman's modern origin with much more success. External links Comics by John Byrne (comics)