Superman #656 [Newsstand]
(November 2006)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
070989306752 11
Editing
Matt Idelson (credited) (editor); Nachie Castro (credited) (associate editor); Dan DiDio (credited) (executive editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Superman (DC, 2006 series) #656 [Direct Sales].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (sourced)
Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (signed as Pacheco)
Inks
Jesús Merino (signed as Merino)
Colors
Dave Stewart ?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Super? Hah! Not any more!!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Subjekt-17
Reprints
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Men & Monsters (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek (credited)
Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (credited)
Inks
Jesús Merino (credited)
Colors
Dave Stewart (credited)
Letters
Comicraft (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Arion [Ahri'ahn] (cameo); Professor Lewis Lang (flashback) (cameo); Dr. Carolyn Llewellyn; Superman [Clark Kent]; Subjekt-17; Crick (flashback, cameo); Hendler (flashback, cameo); Lowell Jefferies (cameo); Gemimn (cameo); Chaon (cameo)
Synopsis
A Soviet base in Kazakhstan is abandoned after Subjekt-17's attack, and Dr. Llewellyn discovers he was an alien baby, experimented on for decades by the Soviets. Superman buries the alien deep underground, giving him time to free trapped soldiers. As Clark returns to an airport terminal for his flight, Subjekt-17 (now flying and speaking English) attacks, telling Superman he will punish humans for what they did. Dr. Llewellyn tells Superman the Soviets controlled the alien with sonic frequencies. As Superman tries that, Subjekt-17 is teleported away by Arion, who confronts Superman.
Reprints
Keywords
Almaty International Airport; Australia; Ayaguz; Belgrade; France; Kazakhstan; Paris; Russia; Serbia

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue. Prof. Lang was originally Lana Lang's father in the Silver Age, but now is her uncle. Stanhope College was the college that Silver Age Supergirl attended.

DC Nation: #26 September 20 [actually September 13, 2006] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2.5 pages (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 9.5 pages (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Super? Hah! Not any more!!!"]
    Superman
  2. 1. Men & Monsters
    Superman
  3. 2. DC Nation: #26 September 20 [actually September 13, 2006]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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  • Jim Van Dore
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