Superboy #62

(May 1999)

Divided By Zero (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Karl Kesel

Pencils:

Tom Grummett

Inks:

Dan Davis (pages 1-10); Tom Grummett (pages 11-22)

Colors:

Buzz Setzer

Letters:

Comicraft

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Superboy (alternate version); alternate versions of: Ma & Pa Kent; Black Zero; Stormguards; Wonder Woman (cameo); Colonel Adam Winterbourne; Mickey Cannon; Guardian; Dubbilex; Serling Roquette; Lois Lane (cameo); Superman (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Steel (cameo); Knockout (cameo); JLA (cameo); Dabney Donovan (cameo); Metron; Knockout (alternate version); Doomsday (alternate version)

Synopsis:

Continued from 61... Superboy explains to the Kents how he got here through Hypertime, but is stuck. Clark-Superboy offers he stay. With a new disguise, they can be like brothers - except they're ambushed by Black Zero and his Stormguards. Clark-Superboy catches a hyper-bullet and is teleported away! So is Conner-Superboy. (Back home at Cadmus, the officers meet to discuss a replacement for Superboy.) Superboy awakens in Black Zero's headquarters and is shown a pit full of Superboy variants! Black Zero tells his story: On this world, Superman died too. A clone-Superboy was made, but unlike Conner, grew to adulthood. Black Zero and Superboy "are different versions of the same person!" The adult "Superman" was never accepted by the public. When he was ganged by supervillains, many civilians and superheroes died. Congress and the people demanded Cadmus shut down. "Superman" changed his name and tactics. Becoming Black Zero, he remade Cadmas as his fortress with cloned Guardians as an army. With the remaining superheroes, he conquered the world - and plans to conquer every world where genetix (clones) are endangered. His energy source is Hyperium: a crackling fireball, a "powerful primal force." (In the background, two Stormguards, "Ace" and "Prof", collude with a captive Knockout.) Metron of the New Gods oversees invasion plans. Superboy scoffs. Black Zero could never take over his world: Superman would stop him. Black Zero counters with a chamber hatching dozens of Doomsdays! Continued...

Indexer Notes

"Hyper-Tension!": Part 3 of 5.

Sup?! (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

5 letters of comment by Keith Rogers, Michael C. Lorah, Jon Snyder, Andrew Michaelson, Matthew Rossi, plus cover illustrations of SUPERBOY #57 and #63.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement for: JLA Bookends, SUPERMAN: KING OF THE WORLD oneshot, JLA: YEAR ONE Tradepaperback, GREEN LANTERN week.

Subscribe Now! (Table of Contents)

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

Indexer Notes

DC Subscription House Advertisement.

[Ads] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 6 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 6 one-page advertisements for: Quick Chocolate (soft drink, Nestle), Play Wally's (contest, Foreign Candy Comp), The Mr. Potato Head Show (video, Pioneer), milk (milk, whymilk.com), Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy (toys, Bandai), Gap Jeans (clothes, Gap).