Superman #655

(October 2006)

Cold Comfort (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kurt Busiek

Pencils:

Carlos Pacheco

Inks:

Jesus Merino

Colors:

Dave Stewart

Letters:

Comicraft

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman; Arion [of Atlantis]; Lana Lang; Dr. Callie Llewellyn; Subjekt-17 (intro); Lowell Jeffries (intro); Gemimn (cameo); Chaon (cameo); Pete Ross (photo); Clark Ross (photo)

Synopsis:

In Paris in 1659, Arion the immortal (known at that time as Vicomte Jean-Simon Giscard D'Arion) is sleeping in his bed with his two girls after some partying, when he has a dream/vision about Camelot falling. He takes out a crystal ball, and has it show the events in ages to come that lead to it. Clark Kent is on a plane traveling to Kazakhstan to meet with Dr. Callie Llewellyn, an old friend. He flashes back to another old friend, Lana Lang, who he interviewed in the past couple of days as she took over LexCorp. She tells him that she also completed her divorce with Pete Ross. Near Ayaguz, Kazakhstan, at an old Soviet Science Center, the area is devastated, with many people dead or injured, including Callie Llewellyn, who calls out to Clark. He hears her, and sneaks his way off the plane, flying the rest of the way himself. Superman helps retrieve the injured, but is punched by something moving very fast, and blood is drawn. Callie rushes to him, and he asks her to go over what happened here while he fights the creature. She tells him this center was abandoned when the Soviet Union collapsed, but left behind was a science experiment of some kind, a creature named Subjekt-17. Before she finishes, Superman is attacked again. Arion observes this, makes remarks about people "tampering", and journeys to his future to "fix it".

Reprinted:

• in Superman: Camelot Falls (DC, 2007 series) #1 [minus the credits and the next issue blurb].

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. The cover of "Action Bulletin News" that Lowell Jefferies holds up is really the cover from Action Comics #841.

DC Nation: #21 August 9 [2006] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dan Didio

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Dan discusses several new series that are coming in the second half of 2006. Ads for Superman #656, Martian Manhunter #1, Nightwing #123, and Superman #655. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 12 one-page ads for: Captain Underpants (books, Scholastic), Let play out, Let adventure in (Verb), Wonka Laffy Taffy (candy, Nestle), Lego Batman Set #7783 and 7784 with Secret Files and Origins of The Batcave (toy, Lego), Scooby Doo Push-Up (frozen Slushy, Nestle), Superman Fruit Flavored Snacks (Kellogg's), Cars The Videogame (game, Buena Vista Games), Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of the Duelist (card game, Konami), Monster House (video game, THQ), Justice League (frozen novelties), Hubba Bubba Max (gum, Wrigley), and Brother Bear 2 (DVD, Disney). Appear in various places in this issue.