Superman #650 [2nd Printing]
(May 2006)

DC, 2006 Series
| Next Issue >
Price
2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2006-04-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 65012
Editing
Matt Idelson; Nachie Castro (associate)

Issue Notes

A "1 Year Later" tie-in.
This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 2006 series) #650 [Direct Sales]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Terry Dodson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman (poster); Clark Kent

Indexer Notes

Alternate cover for second printing: pencils only with red shadings instead of full color for the title and the Superman logo.

Cover Thumbnail for Superman (DC, 2006 series) #650 [2nd Printing] Cover Thumbnail for Superman (2006 series) #650 [Direct Sales]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Up, Up, and Away! Chapter One Mortal Men (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited); Geoff Johns (credited)
Pencils
Pete Woods (credited)
Inks
Pete Woods (credited)
Colors
Brad Anderson (credited)
Letters
Rob Leigh (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Clark Kent; Kryptonite Man [Dr. K. Russell Abernathy] (villain) (introduction); Lois Lane; Lex Luthor (villain); Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Perry White; Bruno (Luthor henchman); Mahjoub (pretzel vendor0; Jor-El (actor); Lara (actor); Jonathan Kent (actor); Martha Kent (actor); Superbaby (actor); Superboy (actor); Superman (actor)
Synopsis
Luthor is cleared of all charges, but the people have lost respect for him, and he resents it, holding up a crystal (the sunstone). Dr. Abernathy experiments with Kryptonite on animals: one breaks away and causes an explosion that turns him into a Kryptonite Man. Clark sets off a signal watch that summons Supergirl, who defeats the Kryptonite Man. Luthor's goons take Clark to Luthor, who tells him "No more stories", and threatens Lois. Clark tells him "You're finished", as Luthor punches him out and kicks him down, leaving a bloodied Clark behind, who has obviously lost his powers.
Reprints
Keywords
sunstone crystal

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #837. The "68 years ago" is an homage to Superman's first appearance in 1938.

03.06 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

DC in Demand / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

DC Nation (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 0 pages (report information)

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 11.5 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Up, Up, and Away! Chapter One Mortal Men
    Superman
  3. 2. 03.06
    DC in Demand
  4. 3. DC Nation
    DC Nation
  5. 4. [House Advertisements]
  6. 5. [Ads]
This issue was modified by
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.