(February 2011)
- Price:
- 4.99 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- On-sale date:
- 2010-12-02
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics
- Brand:
- DC
- ISBN:
- ?
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)
- Format:
- Color; different formats (mostly: Standard US); Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; mostly annual series
Issue Notes
This issue went on sale on time. "Printed by Quad/Graphics, Montreal, QC, Canada. 11/24/10."
Father Box
Young Lex Luthor / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Cornell
- Pencils:
- Marco Rudy
- Inks:
- Marco Rudy
- Colors:
- Val Staples
- Letters:
- John J. Hill
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Lex Luthor; Perry White; Ty; Bruno Mannheim; Darkseid; Desaad; Mokkari; Simyan; Kalibak; Laura (cameo); Granny Goodness (cameo); Female Furies [Stompa; Lashina; Big Barda; Mad Harriet; Bernadeth] (cameo); Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois] (cameo); Apokolips; Scientwister; Father Box
- Synopsis:
- Newly arrived in Metropolis, Luthor starts working with Bruno Mannheim at his club with an undercover Perry White. He discovers a portal to Apokolips, works for Darkseid for six weeks, but then tries to kill him and rule himself. Darkseid lets him escape back to Earth, seeing him as a tool there in Metropolis, but foreshadows a bigger future taking a "bait set by a god."
Indexer Notes
The story is set "many years ago," with the last page being set in the present.
A Father's Box
Young Lex Luthor / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Cornell
- Pencils:
- Ed Benes
- Inks:
- Ed Benes
- Colors:
- Jason Wright
- Letters:
- John J. Hill
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Lex Luthor; Ra's Al Ghul; Talia Al Ghul (cameo); Lazarus Pit
- Synopsis:
- Young Luthor becomes an apprentice for six months to Ra's Al Ghul, but betrays him. He is killed for that, but resurrected in a Lazarus Pit.
Indexer Notes
The story is set "not so many years ago." This story is told in narrative form.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Allen Ross
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Jon Ingersoll
- Gregory Fischer
- Allen Ross
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