Action Comics #897

(March 2011)

The Black Ring Part Eight (Table of Contents)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Cornell

Pencils:

Pete Woods

Inks:

Pete Woods

Colors:

Brad Anderson

Letters:

Rob Leigh

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor; Robot Lois Lane [RoboLois]; Mr. Spalding; Joker; Agent Orange [Larfleeze] (cameo)

Synopsis:

Spalding discovers information that the original articles on the black spheres were planted, but can't yet tell Luthor that as Luthor is about to interview Joker. At the interview they banter back and forth a while, but Joker reveals he has one of the spheres, and that it's a keyhole. Spalding activates it, enlarging it. Luthor leaves the room, and RoboLois pushes Spalding into the sphere, and it shrinks back to small size. When Luthor asks what happened, RoboLois blames Joker.

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and from Secret Six (DC, 2008 series) #29, and continues in the next issue.

On Valentine's Day (2011-02-14), on DC's The Source blog, Paul Cornell was asked how Lex Luthor might be spending the day. His answer was a scene that would be set in between this story and the next issue, and it foreshadowed some of the events of next issue. He said that RoboLois asked Lex to see "Wicked" on Broadway, and cried during it. Lois told him she enjoyed dramas about betrayal, and that she learned from them. See here for the full answer: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02/14/how-does-the-worlds-smartest-man...