Action Comics #825

(May 2005)

The Four Horsemen (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. D. Finn

Pencils:

Ivan Reis; Joe Prado

Inks:

Marc Campos; Joe Prado; Oclair Albert

Colors:

Guy Major

Letters:

Comicraft

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Gog; Superman (Kingdom Come) (cameo); Repo Man [Jesse] (cameo); Preus; Doomsday; Batman (cameo); Martian Manhunter (cameo); Superboy [Kon-El] (cameo); Lois Lane; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Clark Ross

Synopsis:

Gog reveals that he lost his parents in the first Doomsday fight, and blames Superman for that. An army of Gogs plucked from time now attacks Superman. Doomsday joins the fight, on Superman's side (for now). Superman attacks Gog one more time, but loses. Gog then imagines the future into over 500 years, but, although beaten Superman never yields, and says he would never take a life. This affects future Gog (and future Doomsday), so he goes back and heals Superman at the point of the end of the original fight, which enables Superman to defeat that Gog. Superman then rushes to Smallville to find the Gog attacking there already dead. The present-day Gog finds something, and slips away.

Reprints:

• in Superman: In the Name of Gog (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([December] 2005) [minus the credits]

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue. Later, in Justice Society of America (DC, 2007 series) #13, it explains that the Gog in this story was not from the future, but just deeply disturbed, and that Gog was possibly tuning into the Kingdom Come universe. J. D. Finn is apparently a pseudonym, but it is not known for who. Some had speculated it might be Chuck Austen, but, in an interview published on Comic Book Resources on 2006-02-14, Chuck denies being J.D. Finn, and thinks it's editor Eddie Berganza. Whoever it is might have chosen JD Finn from JD Salinger and Huck Finn.

03.05 (Table of Contents)

DC In Demand / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Ads for Action Comics #826, Green Lantern #1, Action Comics #825, Blood of the Demon #1, and Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #1. Appears on page 40 in this issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ads for: DC Countdown, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, and Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight #1/Seven Soldiers: Guardian #1. Appear in various places in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 10 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 10 one-page ads for: Beyblade the Movie Fierce Battle (DVD, Miramax), Neopets: Curse of Maraqua (card game, Wizards of the Coast), Power Rangers S.P.D. (TV, Toon Disney), Introducing Batman Fruit Snacks (food, Kellogg's), Yu-Gi-Oh! Flaming Eternity (card game, Konami), DuelMasters (card game, Wizards of the Coast), How do you play? with Teen Titans (Verb), Sly 2: Band of Thieves (video game, Sony Computer Entertainment), Campbell's SouperStar Island (sweepstakes, Campbell's), and The Incredibles (DVD, Pixar). Appear in various places in this issue.