Superman #2 - Endgame
([March] 2001)

DC, 2000 Series
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Volume
2
Price
14.95 USD; 24.95 CAD
Pages
180
On-sale Date
2001-01-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
ISBN
1-56389-701-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941226545 00111; 9781563897016 51495
Editing
Nick Napolitano (editor - collected edition); Scott Nybakken (associate editor - collected edition); Eddie Berganza (editor - original series); Maureen McTigue (associate editor - original series)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Cam Smith
Colors
Richard Horie; Tanya Horie
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac 13; Eradicator; Metallo
Reprints

Endgame (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece consisting of the Superman shield and the volume title.

Superman: Endgame (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Cam Smith
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac 13; Eradicator; Metallo

Indexer Notes

Doublespread title page illustrated with the same illustration as the cover and publishing data page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Bumper page consisting of a small Superman shield.

The End (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 70 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Kelly
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Kevin Conrad; Mark Propst; Richard Bonk
Colors
Pat Garrahy (colors); Digital Chameleon (separations)
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Justice League of America [Wonder Woman; Martian Manhunter; Aquaman; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]; Plastic Man; Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Red Tornado [John Smith]; S.T.R.I.P.E.; Tomorrow Woman; Metal Men [Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum; Veridium]; Hourman [Matthew Tyler]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Perry White; Alice White; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Lex Luthor; Mercy; Hope; Brainiac 2.5; Brainiac 13; Amazo; El Piton; Lena Luthor; Sarah (Lena's babysitter); Pennington; Wallace Luthor (Lex Luthor's grandfather, flashback); Edna Luthor (Wallace Luthor's great grandmother, flashback); Harris (employee of Wallace Luthor's, flashback); Pennington
Synopsis
Lois and Clark spend New Year's Eve with Jonathan and Martha in Metropolis, but the lights go out at midnight with the arrival of Brainiac 2.5. While Superman and Green Lantern protect the world from nuclear holocaust, Brainiac begins to upgrade further, finally becoming Brainiac 13.
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Whatever Happened to the City of Tomorrow? (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jeph Loeb
Pencils
Ed McGuinness; Wildstorm FX (3D CGI)
Inks
Cam Smith; Wildstorm FX (3D CGI)
Colors
Tanya Horie; Richard Horie; Wildstorm FX (3D CGI)
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Metal Men [Veridium; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Tin; Platinum]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Sarah (Lena Luthor's babysitter); Brainiac 13; Metallo [John Corben]; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Brainiac 2.5
Synopsis
Superman realizes that Brainiac 13's transformation of Metropolis isn't merely cosmetic, but involves digitizing the city to feed and energize the villain.
Reprints

AnarchY2Knowledge (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stuart Immonen (plot); Mark Millar (script)
Pencils
Stuart Immonen
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (colors); Wildstorm FX (separations)
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lucy Lane; Ron Troupe; Brainiac 13; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Brainiac 2.5; Mercy; Hope
Synopsis
Transformed into his electric-blue energy form Superman battles Brainiac 13, while Luthor and Brainiac 2.5 head to Metropolis' power core, where Brainiac 2.5 has been reconstructing Superman's material form. Just as Brainiac 13 defeats Superman, Brainiac 2.5 returns the Man of Steel to his body at the feet of a determined Lex Luthor.
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Thirty Minutes to Oblivion (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Schultz
Pencils
Doug Mahnke
Inks
Tom Nguyen
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Wildstorm FX (separations)
Letters
Ken Lopez

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Brainiac 13; Eradicator; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Metal Men [Platinum; Iron; Lead; Mercury; Viridium; Tin]; Natasha Irons; Lex Luthor
Synopsis
Aware that the Eradicator programming is trying to lure the B13 virus to the remains of the Fortress of Solitude, David Conner returns to Earth to make sure the Eradicator program is not able to defeat and harness the power of Brainiac 13. Meanwhile, Luthor and Brainiac 2.5 enter Luthor's captured Kryptonian warsuit.
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Sacrifice for Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 8)

Superman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Kelly
Pencils
Germán García; Kano
Inks
Marlo Alquiza
Colors
Glenn Whitmore (colors); Wildstorm FX (color separations)
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Hourman [Matthew Tyler]; Red Tornado; Metal Men [Mercury; Platinum; Veridium; Gold]; Lex Luthor; Lena Luthor; Brainiac 13; Brainiac 2.5; Kelex
Synopsis
Knowing that Brainiac 13 cannot control Kryptonian technology, Superman and Red Tornado break him down into pure energy and transfer him into the Kryptonian warsuit. But Luthor makes a last minute deal with the devil.
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Cover Gallery (Table of Contents: 9)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Section title page illustrated with a small Superman shield.

[Superman Y2K #1 Cover] (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac 13
Reprints

[Superman #154 Cover] (Table of Contents: 11)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed McGuinness
Inks
Cam Smith
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

[Adventures of Superman #576 Cover] (Table of Contents: 12)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stuart Immonen
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

[Superman: The Man of Steel #98 Cover] (Table of Contents: 13)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Doug Mahnke
Inks
John Dell
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; John Henry Irons
Reprints

[Action Comics #763 Cover] (Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Germán García
Inks
Jaime Mendoza
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Brainiac 13
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Endgame
    Superman
  3. 2. Superman: Endgame
    Superman
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  5. 4. The End
    Superman
  6. 5. Whatever Happened to the City of Tomorrow?
    Superman
  7. 6. AnarchY2Knowledge
    Superman
  8. 7. Thirty Minutes to Oblivion
    Superman
  9. 8. Sacrifice for Tomorrow
    Superman
  10. 9. Cover Gallery
  11. 10. [Superman Y2K #1 Cover]
    Superman
  12. 11. [Superman #154 Cover]
    Superman
  13. 12. [Adventures of Superman #576 Cover]
    Superman
  14. 13. [Superman: The Man of Steel #98 Cover]
    Superman
  15. 14. [Action Comics #763 Cover]
    Superman
  16. 15. ["It's New Year's Eve, not Armageddon!"]
    Superman
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