Superman #703 [Direct Sales]
(November 2010)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2010-10-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 70311
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This went on sale four weeks after the solicited date. "Printed by Quad/Graphics, Montreal, QC, Canada. 10/06/10."
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Cassaday (signed)
Inks
John Cassaday (signed)
Colors
David Baron (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
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Grounded Part Three (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
J. Michael Straczynski
Pencils
Eddy Barrows
Inks
J. P. Mayer
Colors
Rod Reis
Letters
John J. Hill
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Batman [Dick Grayson]; Perry White; Debbie; Lois Lane; Lisa Jennings (introduction); Robert; Willie Trask; Bruce Wayne (flashback, cameo); Thomas Wayne (flashback, cameo); Martha Wayne (flashback, cameo); Penguin (flashback, cameo); Scarecrow (flashback, cameo); Two-Face (flashback, cameo); Riddler (flashback, cameo); Mr. Freeze (flashback, cameo); Joker (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis
Superman continues walking across the country, visiting Cincinnati, and then Danville, Ohio. He explains to Batman why he's doing this. Meanwhile, a fragment of New Krypton has infected a teacher, and she passes the infection on to the town drunk, who gains superpowers from it. He challenges and fights Superman. The fight destroys a lot of the town before the powers wear off. Although Superman fixes the damage, he is blamed for causing it.
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Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue.

Danville is a thinly-veiled reference to Glenville, the Cleveland neighborhood where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman in the 1930s. The story features Glenville High School, which is where Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel first met at the age of 16, and shows the actual facade of the building, and some of the story is set inside the school.

When this book shipped a month late, there were complaints from a retailer who had tried to publicize Superman's visit to Cincinnati with various events. The writer publicly apologized for the lateness, citing a recurring problem with bronchitis on his part.

Special Sneak Preview Superman: Earth One (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Superman / preview (from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

A Public Service Announcement from DC Nation [October 13, 2010] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Grounded Part Three
    Superman
  3. 2. Special Sneak Preview Superman: Earth One
    Superman
  4. 3. A Public Service Announcement from DC Nation [October 13, 2010]
    DC Nation
  5. 4. [House Advertisements]
  6. 5. [Ads]
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