Superman: The Black Ring #2

(2011 [November 2012])

Superman: The Black Ring, Volume Two (Table of Contents: 1)

Lex Luthor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Marcos Marz

Inks

Luciana del Negro

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29.

Superman: The Black Ring, Volume Two (Table of Contents: 2)

Lex Luthor / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor

Indexer Notes

Title page. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Marcos Marz

Inks

Luciana del Negro

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publishing data. Illustrated with a detail from the story from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29.

Story So Far (Table of Contents: 4)

Lex Luthor / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011)

Indexer Notes

The background image is of power rings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Lex Luthor; Secret Six / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Finch (signed)

Inks

Matt Banning (signed as Batt)

Colors

Peter Steigerwald (signed)

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #896 [Direct Sales] (February 2011)

The Black Ring, Part Seven (Table of Contents: 6)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

Characters

Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[The Black Ring, Part Seven] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lex Luthor; Secret Six / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Secret Six [Scandal Savage; Bane; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]]; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Monique; Mister Mind; Joker (cameo)

Synopsis

Vandal Savage has confronted Luthor in his boardroom after sabotaging the building, but Luthor has worked out a deal with the Secret Six, summoning them to rescue him. Monique, one of Luthor's employees, reactivates RoboLois, reveals that she is being controlled by Mr. Mind, and asks her what happened when they met earlier. But RoboLois has her own agenda, separate from the person controlling Mr. Mind and from Luthor. She and the Six fight with Savage over a detonator, which results in RoboLois being cleaved in half, Savage's daughter Scandal injured, and the detonator triggered.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #896 (February 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Secret Six / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan LuVisi (painting)

Inks

Dan LuVisi (painting)

Colors

Dan LuVisi (painting)

Editing

Sean Ryan (original editor)

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Secret Six [Bane; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]]; Scandal Savage

Reprints

• from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29 (March 2011)

What Luthor Has Wrought (Table of Contents: 9)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Marcos Marz

Inks

Luciana del Negro

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

typeset

Characters

Vandal Savage; Bane

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[What Luthor Has Wrought] (Table of Contents: 10)

Lex Luthor; Secret Six / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Gail Simone

Pencils

Marcos Marz

Inks

Luciana del Negro

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

Travis Lanham

Editing

Sean Ryan (original editor)

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Secret Six [Bane; Black Alice [Lori Zechlin]; Catman [Thomas Blake]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; The Last Victim [Jeannette; Silver Banshee]; Ragdoll [Peter Merkel]]; Scandal Savage; Lex Luthor; Vandal Savage; Lois Lane (robot); Sebastian; Scandal Savage's mother (flashback, death)

Reprints

• from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29 (March 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Young Lex Luthor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ethan Van Sciver (signed)

Inks

Ethan Van Sciver (signed)

Colors

Hi-Fi

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Darkseid

Reprints

• from Action Comics Annual (DC, 1987 series) #13 (February 2011)

Young Lex Luthor in Father Box / A Father's Box (Table of Contents: 12)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ed Benes

Inks

Ed Benes

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

typeset

Characters

Ra's Al Ghul

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the second story following.

[Father Box] (Table of Contents: 13)

Young Lex Luthor / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Marco Rudy

Inks

Marco Rudy

Colors

Val Staples

Letters

John J. Hill

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Perry White; Ty; Bruno Mannheim; Darkseid; Desaad; Mokkari; Simyan; Kalibak; Laura (cameo); Granny Goodness (cameo); Female Furies [Stompa; Lashina; Big Barda; Mad Harriet; Bernadeth] (cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Apokolips; Scientwister; Father Box

Synopsis

Newly arrived in Metropolis, Luthor starts working with Bruno Mannheim at his club with an undercover Perry White. He discovers a portal to Apokolips, works for Darkseid for six weeks, but then tries to kill him and rule himself. Darkseid lets him escape back to Earth, seeing him as a tool there in Metropolis, but foreshadows a bigger future taking a "bait set by a god."

Reprints

• from Action Comics Annual (DC, 1987 series) #13 (February 2011)

Indexer Notes

The story is set "many years ago," with the last page being set in the present.

[A Father's Box] (Table of Contents: 14)

Young Lex Luthor / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Ed Benes

Inks

Ed Benes

Colors

Jason Wright

Letters

John J. Hill

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul (cameo)

Synopsis

Young Luthor becomes an apprentice for six months to Ra's Al Ghul, but betrays him. He is killed for that, but resurrected in a Lazarus Pit.

Reprints

• from Action Comics Annual (DC, 1987 series) #13 (February 2011)

Keywords

Lazarus Pit

Indexer Notes

The story is set "not so many years ago."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Lex Luthor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Finch (signed)

Inks

David Finch (signed)

Colors

Peter Steigerwald (signed)

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #897 [Direct Sales] (March 2011)

The Black Ring, Part Eight (Table of Contents: 16)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Joker

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[The Black Ring, Part Eight] (Table of Contents: 17)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Mr. Spalding; Joker; Agent Orange [Larfleeze] (cameo)

Synopsis

Spalding discovers information that the original articles on the black spheres were planted, but can't yet tell Luthor that as Luthor is about to interview Joker. At the interview they banter back and forth a while, but Joker reveals he has one of the spheres, and that it's a keyhole. Spalding activates it, enlarging it. Luthor leaves the room, and RoboLois pushes Spalding into the sphere, and it shrinks back to small size. When Luthor asks what happened, RoboLois blames Joker.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #897 (March 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Lex Luthor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Finch (signed)

Inks

Ryan Winn (signed)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (signed)

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]; Glomulus

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898 [Direct Sales] (April 2011)

The Black Ring, Part Nine (Table of Contents: 19)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

Characters

Lex Luthor; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[The Black Ring, Part Nine] (Table of Contents: 20)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Michael Finch (death); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Ms. Jessup [Ms. Jessop]; Agent Orange [Larfleeze]; Glomulus; Brainiac (cameo)

Synopsis

The space-located black spheres have all moved together. Luthor is going up there to gain their power, when Larfleeze interrupts. He reveals that Glomulus has the last Earth-located sphere, and he wants to know how to use their power, threatening Luthor and his people. Luthor shows he doesn't care about that by shooting Finch dead. They fight, until Luthor is able to push Larfleeze into the sphere he got from Joker. After gaining the sphere Glomulus had, Luthor and RoboLois launch into space. Larfleeze comes out of another sphere, saying what’s in there he doesn't want (for the first time).

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898 (April 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Lex Luthor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Finch (signed)

Inks

Ryan Winn (signed)

Colors

Peter Steigerwald (signed)

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Brainiac

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #899 [Direct Sales] (May 2011)

The Black Ring, Part Ten (Table of Contents: 22)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jesús Merino

Inks

Jesús Merino

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

Characters

Brainiac

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[The Black Ring, Part Ten] (Table of Contents: 23)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Jesús Merino

Inks

Jesús Merino

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (destroyed); Brainiac; Mister Mind; Phantom Zone Creature; Headship

Synopsis

As Luthor and RoboLois approach the black spheres in orbit, Brainiac's ship arrives. Luthor acts surprised, but then reveals that he knew that Brainiac was behind many of the recent events, including RoboLois' betrayal. They fight, trying to outthink each other, but Luthor finally gets the upper hand, and breaks Brainiac's neck. While drones carry Brainiac off, Luthor activates the spheres, and the Earth-bound ones join them to form a portal. A powerful creature comes out. But Luthor was ready for it, and uses nanites from RoboLois to combine with it.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #899 (May 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Lex Luthor; Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David Finch (painting)

Inks

David Finch (painting)

Colors

David Finch (painting)

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lex Luthor

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #900 [Direct Sales] (June 2011)

The Black Ring, Finale (Table of Contents: 25)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

Characters

Lex Luthor; Superman

Indexer Notes

Story title page with illustration taken from the following story.

[The Black Ring, Finale] (Table of Contents: 26)

Lex Luthor; Superman / comic story / 36 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Cornell

Pencils

Pete Woods (pp. 1-10, bottom of 18-36); Dan Jurgens (p. 11); Rags Morales (signed, p. 12); Ardian Syaf (p. 13); Jamal Igle (pp. 14, top of 15); Gary Frank (bottom of p. 15 through top of p. 18)

Inks

Pete Woods (pp. 1-10, bottom of 18-36); Norm Rapmund (p. 11); Rags Morales (signed, p. 12); Ardian Syaf (page 13); Jon Sibal (pp. 14 and top of 15); Gary Frank (bottom of p. 15 through top of p. 18)

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Rob Leigh

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Lois Lane; Doomsday; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; General Zod (flashback, cameo); Ursa (flashback, cameo); Non (flashback, cameo); Jor-El (flashback, cameo); Lara (flashback, cameo); Chris Kent [Lor-Zod] (flashback, cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback, cameo, death); Martha Kent (flashback, cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Death of the Endless (cameo); Vandal Savage (cameo); Red Lanterns (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Steve Lombard (cameo); Larfleeze (cameo); Deathstroke (cameo); Gorilla Grodd (cameo); Brainiac (cameo); Joker (cameo); Phantom Zone Creature (flashback)

Synopsis

Having combined with the Phantom Zone creature, Luthor has achieved enormous power, and draws Superman to him to break him, but can't. The creature reasserts itself, causing Luthor to grant absolute happiness to all, but he gives that up by continuing to try to destroy Superman.

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #900 (June 2011)

Action Comics 900 Variant by Adam Hughes (Table of Contents: 27)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Adam Hughes

Inks

Adam Hughes

Colors

Adam Hughes

Letters

typeset

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #900 [Adam Hughes Cover] (June 2011)

Action Comics 900 Variant by Alex Ross (Table of Contents: 28)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alex Ross (painting)

Inks

Alex Ross (painting)

Colors

Alex Ross (painting)

Letters

typeset

Editing

Matt Idelson (original editor); Wil Moss (original assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #900 [Alex Ross Cover] (June 2011)

Sketches by Pete Woods (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Pete Woods

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

RoboLois; Zone Child; Superman; Brainiac

Reprints

• from Superman: The Black Ring (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([November] 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Lex Luthor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Woods

Inks

Pete Woods

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Defeating supervillains? Saving the universe?...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lex Luthor

Indexer Notes

On the back cover. Illustration taken from the story from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #898.