Action Comics #649 [Newsstand]

(January 1990)

[The Brainiac Trilogy, Part 3] Man and Machine (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

George Pérez (credited) (layouts); Kerry Gammill (credited)

Inks

Brett Breeding (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Bill Oakley (credited)

Job Number

[G-5313]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come now, Luthor, no need to be so somber! We are on the threshold of a glorious new era... the era of Brainiac!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brainiac (flashback, origin) (antagonist); The Guardian [Jim Harper] (flashback) (cameo); Lex Luthor; Metallo [John Corben] (flashback) (antagonist); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Dubbilex (flashback); Collin Thornton; Mara Talbot (introduction); Dr. Augustine; Milton Fine (villain, flashback); Sydney Happersen (villain)

Synopsis

Vril Dox takes over Milton Fine's body for good, and then escapes Earth and Superman in a rocket ship.

Reprints

• in Stålmannen (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10/1991 (1991)
• in Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #10/1991 ([desember] 1991)
• in Superman vs. Brainiac (DC, 2008 series) (2008 [January 2009])
• in Adventures of Superman: George Pérez (DC, 2020 series) ([July] 2020)

Keywords

Daily Planet; Metropolis; Newstime Magazine

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Re: Action / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

Kevin Dooley

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-5313

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Uncle Elvis, Mark Billian, Michael Garner, Andy Ziats, Malcolm Bourne and Charlie Harris - and responses from Kevin Dooley.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset