Action Comics #826

(June 2005)

Lightning Strikes Twice (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Judd Winick

Pencils:

Ian Churchill

Inks:

Norm Rapmund

Colors:

Beth Sotelo

Letters:

Richard Starkings

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Bruce Gordon (cameo); Shazam; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Kenny Rip (cameo, dies); David Tellis (cameo, dies); Malcolm Diamond (cameo, dies); Commissioner Bill Henderson (cameo); Dr. Jeanine Tracey; Lois Lane; Dennis Kapri (cameo); Eclipso

Synopsis:

Bruce Gordon is tracking something. Captain Marvel is warned by Shazam that the end is coming. Several people are killing themselves, with anger involved. Superman gets involved with the last one, as does a bystander who works at STAR Labs. She later gets angry herself, steals a LexCorp battle suit from the Labs, does some rampaging, and waits for Superman. Once he appears, she reveals she has been possessed by Eclipso.

Reprints:

• in Day of Vengeance (DC, 2005 series) #[nn] ([November] 2005) [minus the credits and the To Be Continued blurb]

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #639 (June, 2005).

04.05 (Table of Contents)

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

Indexer Notes

Ads for Adventures of Superman #639, DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy #1, Action Comics #826, Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #2, and Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #1. Appears on page 32 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 10 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Campbell's SouperStar Island (sweepstakes, Campbell's), Big League Chew (bubble gum), Yoshi Touch & Go (video game, Nintendo), Scooby-Doo Berry Bones (cereal, Kellogg's, 2 pages), Neopets Curse of Maraqua (card game, Wizards of the Coast, Pokemon Dash (video game, Nintendo), The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (TV, Disney Channel), Teen Titans Volume 2: Switched (DVD, Warner Bros.), Digimon 4: Digimon World (video game, Bandai), Marshmallow Mania Pebbles (cereal, Kellogg's), and Mario Party Advance (video game, Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.