WHO’S WHO UPDATE ’87 #2

The cover shows moderate wear consistent with handling: visible surface scuffing and slight color rubbing near the upper left corner, a soft crease line near the bottom left edge, and minor waviness/warping across the cover surface suggesting humidity exposure. Corners appear slightly blunted rather than sharp, and there is light general wear along the edges. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of spine stress and interior condition; back cover and interior pages were not assessed.

Who's Who Update '87 was DC's stopgap effort to keep its sprawling in-house encyclopedia current in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, which had rewritten origins, erased duplicate Earths, and altered continuity for dozens of characters. Rather than reprint the full Who's Who series, DC issued this slim five-issue update in 1987, delivering new or revised entries in alphabetical, loose-leaf style pages meant to be filed alongside the original volumes. Issue #2 continues that format, offering single-page character write-ups with vital statistics, brief histories, and illustrated portraits contributed by a rotating slate of DC's house artists and writers of the period.

As a reference publication rather than a narrative comic, this title never carried the collector demand of the ongoing superhero line it supported. It was produced primarily for completists and continuity-minded readers who wanted their Who's Who binders current, and it shipped in more modest numbers than mainstream DC output of the same year. That production profile is reflected in its complete absence from mainstream price guide valuation tables, and it has traded near cover price on the secondary market for decades with no meaningful appreciation.

Interest in this issue today comes almost entirely from Who's Who completists, continuity researchers, and DC reference collectors assembling full run sets rather than from character-specific key-issue buyers. Raw copies are inexpensive and easy to source in any condition, while certified high-grade slabs occasionally command modest premiums simply because so few copies were ever submitted for grading, not because of any inherent scarcity or story significance. It is a book bought to complete a reference set, not to chase a first appearance or landmark cover.